Illustration: After dinner in a compact Japanese kitchen, a person stands at the sink scrubbing a used plate with a soapy sponge. A little sauce remains on the plate's unscrubbed edge, while foam covers the area being cleaned.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

皿さら洗あらい

saraarai

washing dishes

Example sentences

  1. 皿洗さらあらいはしたくない。

    I don’t want to wash the dishes.

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  2. 皿洗さらあらい、手伝てつだおうか？

    Do you want me to help you wash the dishes?

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  3. 父ちちはよく皿洗さらあらいをします。

    My father often washes the dishes.

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Kanji in 皿洗

  • 皿dish; a helpingOnベイKunさら
  • 洗wash; inquire intoOnセンKunあらう

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