"足を洗う" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

Head templates: {{ja-verb|あし を あらう|type=1}} 足(あし)を洗(あら)う • (ashi o arau) godan (stem 足(あし)を洗(あら)い (ashi o arai), past 足(あし)を洗(あら)った (ashi o aratta)) Forms: 足を洗う [canonical] (ruby: (あし), (あら)), ashi o arau [romanization], 足を洗い [stem] (ruby: (あし), (あら)), 足を洗った [past] (ruby: (あし), (あら)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 足を洗わ [error-unrecognized-form], あしをあらわ [error-unrecognized-form], ashi o arawa [error-unrecognized-form], 足を洗い [error-unrecognized-form], あしをあらい [error-unrecognized-form], ashi o arai [error-unrecognized-form], 足を洗う [error-unrecognized-form], あしをあらう [error-unrecognized-form], ashi o arau [error-unrecognized-form], 足を洗え [error-unrecognized-form], あしをあらえ [error-unrecognized-form], ashi o arae [error-unrecognized-form], 足を洗われる [passive], あしをあらわれる [passive], ashi o arawareru [passive], 足を洗わせる [causative], 足を洗わす [causative], あしをあらわせる [causative], あしをあらわす [causative], ashi o arawaseru [causative], ashi o arawasu [causative], 足を洗える [potential], あしをあらえる [potential], ashi o araeru [potential], 足を洗おう [volitional], あしをあらおう [volitional], ashi o araō [volitional], 足を洗わない [negative], あしをあらわない [negative], ashi o arawanai [negative], 足を洗わず [continuative, negative], あしをあらわず [continuative, negative], ashi o arawazu [continuative, negative], 足を洗います [formal], あしをあらいます [formal], ashi o araimasu [formal], 足を洗った [perfective], あしをあらった [perfective], ashi o aratta [perfective], 足を洗って [conjunctive], あしをあらって [conjunctive], ashi o aratte [conjunctive], 足を洗えば [conditional, hypothetical], あしをあらえば [conditional, hypothetical], ashi o araeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (idiomatic) go straight, quit a shady business, wash one's hands of some work or lifestyle which is less than respectable Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-足を洗う-ja-verb-RAQaf~Zk Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 61 39
  2. (idiomatic, neologism) quit a business (regardless of its respectability) Tags: idiomatic, neologism
    Sense id: en-足を洗う-ja-verb-iMSa1bwd Categories (other): Japanese neologisms, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 手を染める (te o someru) (ruby: (), ())

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    {
      "form": "足を洗う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arau",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗い",
      "roman": "ashi o arai",
      "ruby": [
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          "足",
          "あし"
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        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "足を洗った",
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          "足",
          "あし"
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          "洗",
          "あら"
        ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "form": "ja-go-u",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "足を洗わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗い",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "form": "あしをあらい",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ashi o arai",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "足を洗う",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "あしをあらう",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "ashi o arau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ashi o arae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o araeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o araō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o araimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o aratta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗って",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "あしをあらって",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o aratte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o araeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "足(あし)を洗(あら)う • (ashi o arau) godan (stem 足(あし)を洗(あら)い (ashi o arai), past 足(あし)を洗(あら)った (ashi o aratta))",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "te o someru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "染",
          "そ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "手を染める"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After that, the wife quitted gambling after childbearing, but the husband didn't break himself of enthusiasm for boat race.",
          "ref": "2017 October 31, “ギャンブル依存症「夫婦」の実態がやばすぎる……ラスベガス結婚式すっぽかしてカジノ、10年で借金は驚愕の……”, in Goraku Journal, archived from the original on 2020-10-26",
          "roman": "Sono go, tsuma wa kodomo o unde gyanburu kara ashi o aratta ga, otto no kyōtei zuki wa naorazu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "後",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "妻",
              "つま"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "産",
              "う"
            ],
            [
              "足",
              "あし"
            ],
            [
              "洗",
              "あら"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "おっと"
            ],
            [
              "競",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "艇",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "好",
              "ず"
            ],
            [
              "直",
              "なお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "その後、妻は子どもを産んでギャンブルから足を洗ったが、夫の競艇好きは直らず。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "go straight, quit a shady business, wash one's hands of some work or lifestyle which is less than respectable"
      ],
      "id": "en-足を洗う-ja-verb-RAQaf~Zk",
      "links": [
        [
          "go straight",
          "go straight"
        ],
        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ],
        [
          "wash one's hands of",
          "wash one's hands of"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) go straight, quit a shady business, wash one's hands of some work or lifestyle which is less than respectable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese neologisms",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you have thought to quit a tech industry ever, you should have some knowledge of my quitting reason.",
          "ref": "2014 March 28, “私がIT業界から足を洗った10の理由”, in ZDNet Japan",
          "roman": "Anata mo aitī gyōkai kara ashi o araō to omotta koto ga aru no de areba, hissha no riyū ni kokoroatari ga aru hazu da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "I",
              "アイ"
            ],
            [
              "T",
              "ティー"
            ],
            [
              "業",
              "ぎょう"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "足",
              "あし"
            ],
            [
              "洗",
              "あら"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "筆",
              "ひっ"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "理",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "由",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "心",
              "こころ"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "あ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あなたもIT業界から足を洗おうと思ったことがあるのであれば、筆者の理由に心当たりがあるはずだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quit a business (regardless of its respectability)"
      ],
      "id": "en-足を洗う-ja-verb-iMSa1bwd",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, neologism) quit a business (regardless of its respectability)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "足を洗う"
}
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
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    {
      "form": "足を洗う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arau",
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    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗い",
      "roman": "ashi o arai",
      "ruby": [
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          "足",
          "あし"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗った",
      "roman": "ashi o aratta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ]
      ],
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-go-u",
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    {
      "form": "足を洗わ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "あしをあらわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらい",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "ashi o arai",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗う",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "あしをあらわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o araeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o araō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o arawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o araimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o aratta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o aratte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足を洗えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしをあらえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi o araeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あし を あらう",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "足(あし)を洗(あら)う • (ashi o arau) godan (stem 足(あし)を洗(あら)い (ashi o arai), past 足(あし)を洗(あら)った (ashi o aratta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "te o someru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "染",
          "そ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "手を染める"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After that, the wife quitted gambling after childbearing, but the husband didn't break himself of enthusiasm for boat race.",
          "ref": "2017 October 31, “ギャンブル依存症「夫婦」の実態がやばすぎる……ラスベガス結婚式すっぽかしてカジノ、10年で借金は驚愕の……”, in Goraku Journal, archived from the original on 2020-10-26",
          "roman": "Sono go, tsuma wa kodomo o unde gyanburu kara ashi o aratta ga, otto no kyōtei zuki wa naorazu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "後",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "妻",
              "つま"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "産",
              "う"
            ],
            [
              "足",
              "あし"
            ],
            [
              "洗",
              "あら"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "おっと"
            ],
            [
              "競",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "艇",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "好",
              "ず"
            ],
            [
              "直",
              "なお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "その後、妻は子どもを産んでギャンブルから足を洗ったが、夫の競艇好きは直らず。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "go straight, quit a shady business, wash one's hands of some work or lifestyle which is less than respectable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go straight",
          "go straight"
        ],
        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ],
        [
          "wash one's hands of",
          "wash one's hands of"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) go straight, quit a shady business, wash one's hands of some work or lifestyle which is less than respectable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese neologisms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you have thought to quit a tech industry ever, you should have some knowledge of my quitting reason.",
          "ref": "2014 March 28, “私がIT業界から足を洗った10の理由”, in ZDNet Japan",
          "roman": "Anata mo aitī gyōkai kara ashi o araō to omotta koto ga aru no de areba, hissha no riyū ni kokoroatari ga aru hazu da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "I",
              "アイ"
            ],
            [
              "T",
              "ティー"
            ],
            [
              "業",
              "ぎょう"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "足",
              "あし"
            ],
            [
              "洗",
              "あら"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "筆",
              "ひっ"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "理",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "由",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "心",
              "こころ"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "あ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あなたもIT業界から足を洗おうと思ったことがあるのであれば、筆者の理由に心当たりがあるはずだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quit a business (regardless of its respectability)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, neologism) quit a business (regardless of its respectability)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "足を洗う"
}

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