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：2026/01/09
お手洗い
Hiragana
おてあらい
Kanji
御手洗い
Noun
Japanese Meaning
神社の入り口にある清めの水、浴室、トイレ
Easy Japanese Meaning
じんじゃでてをあらうみずがあるばしょや、べんじょのこと。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
厕所；洗手间 / （神社入口的）净手处；手水
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（神社）淨手用水 / 洗手間；廁所
Korean Meaning
신사 입구에서 손을 씻는 정화수 / 화장실
Indonesian
kamar kecil; toilet / tempat air pensucian di pintu masuk kuil Shinto
Vietnamese Meaning
nơi rửa tay thanh tẩy ở lối vào đền / nhà vệ sinh / phòng vệ sinh
Tagalog Meaning
banyo o palikuran / lugar ng paghuhugas ng kamay sa pasukan ng dambana
Sense（1）
purifying water at the entrance of a shrine
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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purifying water at the entrance of a shrine; bathroom, restroom
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お手洗い
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I had heard that it's customary to purify your hands at the purification basin before passing through the shrine's torii gate, so I first asked someone to show me how to use it.
I had heard that it's customary to purify your hands at the purification basin before passing through the shrine's torii gate, so I first asked someone to show me how to use it.
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神社の鳥居をくぐる前に、お手洗いで手を清める習慣があると聞いたので、まず使い方を教えてもらった。
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