"手洗い" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [te̞a̠ɾa̠i] Forms: 手洗い [canonical] (ruby: (), (あら)), tearai [romanization], tearafi [romanization], てあらひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 手(て) (te, “hand”) + 洗(あら)い (arai, “washing”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|手|て|洗い|あらい|sort=てあらい|t1=hand|t2=washing}} 手(て) (te, “hand”) + 洗(あら)い (arai, “washing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|てあらい|hhira=てあらひ}} 手(て)洗(あら)い • (tearai) ^(←てあらひ (tearafi)?)
  1. hand washing, washing one's hands
    Sense id: en-手洗い-ja-noun-Te~UVUwX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 58 41 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 54 44 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 58 40 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 46 48 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 54 44 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 41 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 41 1
  2. washing by hand, as opposed to machine washing
    Sense id: en-手洗い-ja-noun-NU2KGslh Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 54 44 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 46 48 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 54 44 2
  3. a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom
    Sense id: en-手洗い-ja-noun-M0ogbkig Synonyms: お手洗い, お手(て)洗(あら)い, 厠(かわや), 閑(かん)所(じょ), 化(け)粧(しょう)室(しつ), 後(こう)架(か), 雪(せっ)隠(ちん), トイレ, 東(とう)司(す), はばかり, 便(べん)所(じょ)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: (tarai) (ruby: (たらい))
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "tarai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "盥",
          "たらい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "盥"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "手",
        "2": "て",
        "3": "洗い",
        "4": "あらい",
        "sort": "てあらい",
        "t1": "hand",
        "t2": "washing"
      },
      "expansion": "手(て) (te, “hand”) + 洗(あら)い (arai, “washing”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 手(て) (te, “hand”) + 洗(あら)い (arai, “washing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "手洗い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tearai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tearafi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てあらひ",
      "roman": "tearafi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "てあらい",
        "hhira": "てあらひ"
      },
      "expansion": "手(て)洗(あら)い • (tearai) ^(←てあらひ (tearafi)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 41 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 44 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 40 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 48 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 44 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 41 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 41 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hand washing, washing one's hands"
      ],
      "id": "en-手洗い-ja-noun-Te~UVUwX",
      "links": [
        [
          "hand washing",
          "hand washing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 44 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 48 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 44 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "washing by hand, as opposed to machine washing"
      ],
      "id": "en-手洗い-ja-noun-NU2KGslh"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom"
      ],
      "id": "en-手洗い-ja-noun-M0ogbkig",
      "links": [
        [
          "restroom",
          "restroom"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ],
        [
          "lavatory",
          "lavatory"
        ],
        [
          "bathroom",
          "bathroom"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "お手洗い"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "お手(て)洗(あら)い"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "厠(かわや)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "閑(かん)所(じょ)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "化(け)粧(しょう)室(しつ)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "後(こう)架(か)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "雪(せっ)隠(ちん)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "トイレ"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "東(とう)司(す)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "はばかり"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "便(べん)所(じょ)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "てあらい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[te̞a̠ɾa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:手洗い"
  ],
  "word": "手洗い"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tarai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "盥",
          "たらい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "盥"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "手",
        "2": "て",
        "3": "洗い",
        "4": "あらい",
        "sort": "てあらい",
        "t1": "hand",
        "t2": "washing"
      },
      "expansion": "手(て) (te, “hand”) + 洗(あら)い (arai, “washing”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 手(て) (te, “hand”) + 洗(あら)い (arai, “washing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "手洗い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tearai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tearafi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てあらひ",
      "roman": "tearafi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "てあらい",
        "hhira": "てあらひ"
      },
      "expansion": "手(て)洗(あら)い • (tearai) ^(←てあらひ (tearafi)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hand washing, washing one's hands"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hand washing",
          "hand washing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "washing by hand, as opposed to machine washing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "restroom",
          "restroom"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ],
        [
          "lavatory",
          "lavatory"
        ],
        [
          "bathroom",
          "bathroom"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "お手洗い"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "お手(て)洗(あら)い"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "厠(かわや)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "閑(かん)所(じょ)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "化(け)粧(しょう)室(しつ)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "後(こう)架(か)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "雪(せっ)隠(ちん)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "トイレ"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "東(とう)司(す)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "はばかり"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:トイレ",
          "word": "便(べん)所(じょ)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "てあらい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[te̞a̠ɾa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:手洗い"
  ],
  "word": "手洗い"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 手洗い meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "手洗い",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "手洗い",
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}

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