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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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