お手洗い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
手 洗
て
Grade: 1		 あら
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
御手洗い
御手洗

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おてあ​らい [òtéáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞te̞a̠ɾa̠i]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

お手(て)洗(あら)い • (otearai) 

  1. 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

References
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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