Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 1
あら(し)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 1
あら(い)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology 1 edit

From (mi-, honorific prefix[1]) +‎ (te, hand) +‎ (washing, arai or arashi), with a sound change from /te.a/ to /ta/.

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

御手洗(みたらし) or 御手洗(みたらい) (mitarashi or mitaraiみたらひ (mitarafi)?

  1. purifying water at the entrance of a shrine

Surname edit

御手洗(みたらい) (Mitarai

  1. a surname

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 1
あら(い)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 御手洗 – see the following entry.
手洗てあら
[noun] a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom
Alternative spelling
御手洗い
(This term, 御手洗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN