手洗い

Japanese

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

Etymology

手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 洗い (arai, “washing”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) てあらい [tèáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [te̞a̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

盥 (たらい) (tarai)

References

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.