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お手洗てあらい (otearai)

toilet, restroom, lavatory, bathroom (US)

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 3

Meaning

御手洗い (おてあらい, otearai) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “toilet, restroom, lavatory, bathroom (US)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 10

お手洗てあらいはどこですか。

Where's the bathroom?

お手洗いはこちらです。

The bathroom is this way.

お手洗てあらいを拝借はいしゃくできますか。

May I use the bathroom?

私はお手洗い行ってきます。

I'm going to the bathroom.

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