お手洗い

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
あら
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
御手洗い
御手洗

Etymology

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() (o-, honorific prefix) + ()(あら) (tearai, hand washing)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) てあらい [òtéáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞te̞a̠ɾa̠i]
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Noun

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()(あら) (otearai

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

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ 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