御手洗

Japanese
Kanji in this term
御 手 洗
み
Grade: S		 て
Grade: 1		 あら(し)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
御 手 洗
み
Grade: S		 て
Grade: 1		 あら(い)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

From 御 (mi-, honorific prefix[1]) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 洗 (“washing”, arai or arashi), with a sound change from /te.a/ to /ta/.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みた​らい [mìtáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mʲita̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

御手洗(みたらし) or 御手洗(みたらい) • (mitarashi or mitarai) ←みたらひ (mitarafi)?

  1. purifying water at the entrance of a shrine

Surname

御手洗(みたらい) • (Mitarai) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
御 手 洗
お
Grade: S		 て
Grade: 1		 あら(い)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 御手洗 – see the following entry.
【お手洗てあらい】
[noun] a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom
Alternative spelling
御手洗い
(This term, 御手洗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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