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    3. 洗浄

    洗浄

    洗せん浄じょう

    washing

    KMT7News #13+1Noun, Participle, VerbDaily LifeReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    せんじょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    washing, cleansing, cleaning, laundering
    2.
    cleansing (one's mind and body)
    Buddhism

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    手てを洗せん浄じょうする。

    Wash hands.

    KMT4Daily Life
    この機き械かいは自じ動どう洗せん浄じょう機き能のうが付ついている。

    This machine has an automatic cleaning function.

    KMT7TechnologyHome & Housing
    コンタクトレンズは毎まい日にち洗せん浄じょうして清せい潔けつに保たもつ必ひつ要ようがある。

    Contact lenses need to be cleaned daily to keep them hygienic.

    KMT7Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    医い療りょう器き具ぐは使し用よう前まえに徹てっ底てい的てきな洗せん浄じょうが必ひつ要ようだ。

    Medical instruments require thorough cleaning before use.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthTechnology
    宗しゅう教きょう的てきな儀ぎ式しきでは、身みを清きよめるための洗せん浄じょうが行おこなわれることがある。

    In religious rituals, cleansing of the body may be performed to purify oneself.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    洗
    あら.う…(3)
    wash・inquire into・probe
    浄
    きよ.める・きよ.い…(2)
    clean・purify・cleanse・exorcise・Manchu Dynasty
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