手洗い
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 手 | 洗 |
| て Grade: 1 |
あら Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) + 洗い (arai, “washing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]手洗い • (tearai) ←てあらひ (tearafi)?
- hand washing, washing one's hands
- washing by hand, as opposed to machine washing
- a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom
- Synonyms: お手洗い (otearai); see also Thesaurus:トイレ
Derived terms
[edit]- 盥 (tarai)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 手 read as て
- Japanese terms spelled with 洗 read as あら
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