手洗い

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

手洗い (hiragana てあらい, rōmaji tearai, historical hiragana てあらひ)

  1. hand washing, washing one's hands.
  2. washing by hand, as opposed to machine washing.
  3. lavatory; washroom. see お手洗い.

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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