お | honorific prefix | お(honorific marker) as in おかあさん, おとうさん, おすし, おさけ, おかね, おやすみ. |
手洗い | toilet, bathroom | Tell a lie about not flushing the toilet. |
お手洗い | polite way to say toilet |
While English word bathroom means ①a room to take a bath and ②a toilet," Japanese おてあらい means only ② but not ①.
お手洗いはどこですか。Where is the toilet?
トイレ | toilet paper toilet room | |
手洗い | ||
バスルーム | ||
お |
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