お手洗い

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
御手洗い

Etymology

御(お) (o, honorific prefix) + 手(て)洗(あら)い (tearai, “hand washing”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) おてあらい [òtéáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞te̞a̠ɾa̠i]
Audio (file)

Noun

お手(て)洗(あら)い • (otearai)

a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom
お手(て)洗(あら)いはどこですけえ。
Otearai wa doko desu kē.
Where is the restroom?

Synonyms

トイレ (toire)
化(け)粧(しょう)室(しつ) (keshōshitsu)
便(べん)所(じょ) (benjo) (dated)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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