洗う – Vocabulary details

洗あらう

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

1. to wash; to cleanse; to rinse

2. to inquire into; to investigate

3. to purify (one's heart)

4. to lave (e.g. shore); to wash over (e.g. deck); to sweep

wash

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to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

with people jostling against one another; teeming; heaving; jam-packed

身体からだを洗あらいたい。

I want to wash myself.

顔かおを洗あらいなさい。

Wash your face.

お皿さらは洗あらった？

Have you washed the dishes?

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