手洗い

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
手 洗
て
Grade: 1		 あら
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Compound of 手(て) (te, “hand”) + 洗(あら)い (arai, “washing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

手(て)洗(あら)い • (tearai) ←てあらひ (tearafi)?

  1. hand washing, washing one's hands
  2. washing by hand, as opposed to machine washing
  3. a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom
    Synonyms: お手洗い (otearai); see also Thesaurus:トイレ

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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