お手洗い

おてあらい

Restroom, toilet (polite)

N5noun·otearai

How to remember it

lit. 'hand-wash place': お + 手 (te, 'hand') + 洗い (arai, 'washing').

Example sentences

  • お手洗いはどこですか。

    おてあらいはどこですか。

    Where is the restroom?

  • お手洗いに行きます。

    おてあらいにいきます。

    I'm going to the restroom.

Usage

Polite euphemism for toilet, common in public places.

Related words

トイレ化粧室洗面所

Learn this word — and remember it

Add お手洗いto your flashcards and yomion’s spaced-repetition engine will schedule it so you never forget. Practice typing it, hear it spoken, and see it in more sentences.