Illustration: Inside a small Japanese café, a customer opens the door to a spotless single-person restroom. A modern toilet, wall-mounted toilet-paper holder, and compact handwashing basin are clearly visible through the doorway.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お手て洗あらい

otearai

restroom, bathroom

A polite way to refer to a toilet. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

お手洗てあらいはどこですか。
Where’s the restroom?
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お手洗てあらいをお借かりしても良よいですか。
May I use the bathroom?
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お手洗てあらいはこちらです。
The bathroom is this way.
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Kanji in 手洗

手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
洗wash; inquire intoOnセンKunあらう

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