日光浴

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 日光浴, read にっこうよく, means exposing the body to sunlight or basking in the sun.
• Basic usage: It describes a cat by a window or a person basking in sunlight at the beach.
  • 猫が窓辺で気持ちよさそうに日光浴をしている。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Action and result compared with 日焼け
  • 日光浴 is the act of basking in sunlight, while 日焼け is the skin's change through tanning or sunburn.