御手洗

Japanese

From 御 (mi-, honorific prefix^[1]) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 洗 (“washing”, arai or arashi), with a sound change from /te.a/ to /ta/.

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御手洗(みたらし) or 御手洗(みたらい) • (mitarashi or mitarai) ^{←みたらひ (mitarafi)^?}

御手洗(みたらい) • (Mitarai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 御手洗 – see the following entry.

Alternative spelling
御手洗い

(This term, 御手洗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN