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手洗い

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

手洗い — “washing one's hands; lavatory, restroom”

手洗い (read てあらい) means washing one's hands; lavatory, restroom. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

てあらい

Meaning

washing one's hands; lavatory, restroom

手洗い in a sentence

手洗いてあらいを済ますませる。

To finish washing one's hands / using the restroom.

The kanji in 手洗い

手hand
洗to wash

Words that share a kanji with 手洗い

お手洗いおてあらい— toilet, restroom, bathroom (lit., a place to wash one's hands)
切手きって— postal (postage) stamps
上手じょうず— be good at, skillful
手て— hand
手紙てがみ— letter
下手へた— unskillful, poor
派手はで— flashy, showy, gaudy
苦手にがて— poor at, weak at, not one's cup of tea

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