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How to Sit on a Toilet

  • I prefer Western-style toilets that you can sit on to Japanese-style toilets that you have to bend down, because I can relax by sitting.

    トイレの座り方


    However, if you sit on the Western toilets in a normal way, your excrement’s flow from your rectum to your anus might be prevented.
    私は、屈むタイプの和式トイレよりも、座るタイプの洋式トイレのほうがリラックスできて好きです。

    On the other hand, it is though that a bend down style is suitable for defecation.
    しかし、洋式トイレに普通に座ると、直腸から肛門への自然な流れが妨げられる恐れがあるそうです。

    In fact, after Western-style toilets became widespread in Japan, the number of constipation patients has been increased.
    一方で、屈む姿勢は排便に適していると考えられています。

    In order to lay your egg smoothly even when you use Western-style toilets, it is recommended that you prepare a footrest, put your legs on it, and bend forward.
    実際、日本で洋式トイレが普及してから、便秘の患者が増えたそうです。

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