Illustration: In the compact washroom of a Japanese apartment, a parent loads worn shirts and socks from a basket into an open washing machine. A child contributes a mud-streaked pair of shorts, holding them cautiously at arm's length with a sheepish smile.

JLPT N5suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

洗せん濯たく

sentaku

to do laundry

Example sentences

  1. 母ははは毎日まいにち洗濯せんたくする。

    Mother washes every day.

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  2. 洗濯せんたくは私わたしの仕事しごとです。

    Washing clothes is my work.

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  3. 日曜日にちようびには洗濯せんたくをする。

    I do the laundry on Sundays.

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Kanji in 洗濯

  • 洗wash; inquire intoOnセンKunあらう
  • 濯laundry; washOnタクKunすすぐ・ゆすぐ

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