Illustration: At a utility sink beside a home's back entrance, an adult scrubs a muddy canvas shoe with a small brush under running water. One half of the shoe is already clean, while dark mud and soap bubbles flow from the other half into the basin.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

洗あらう

arau

to wash

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは車くるまを洗あらっています。

    He is washing the car.

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  2. 顔かおを洗あらいなさい。

    Wash your face.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. もう手ては洗あらった？

    Have you washed your hands yet?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 洗

  • 洗wash; inquire intoOnセンKunあらう

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