"洗い" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [a̠ɾa̠i] Forms: 洗い [canonical] (ruby: (あら)), arai [romanization]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|洗う|あらう|to wash|pos=}} 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|洗う|あらう|to wash}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|あらい}} 洗(あら)い • (arai)
  1. washing
    Sense id: en-洗い-ja-noun--57h3E-C
  2. sashimi chilled in ice water
    Sense id: en-洗い-ja-noun-R6dAsWB7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Foods Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 83 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 59 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 65 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 20 64 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 67 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 68 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 88 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 90 4 Disambiguation of Foods: 6 92 2

Verb

IPA: [a̠ɾa̠i] Forms: 洗い [canonical] (ruby: (あら)), arai [romanization]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|洗う|あらう|to wash|pos=}} 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|洗う|あらう|to wash}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”). Head templates: {{ja-verb form|あらい}} 洗(あら)い • (arai)
  1. stem or continuative form of 洗う (arau) [godan] Tags: continuative, form-of, stem Form of: 洗う (extra: arau) Related terms: 洗う (arau) (ruby: (あら)) (english: to wash)
    Sense id: en-洗い-ja-verb-5~3q0MaB
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Download raw JSONL data for 洗い meaning in Japanese (3.9kB)

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