洗い物

arai mono

noun★Intermediate

informal

The act of washing dishes or cleaning utensils.

今日の洗い物はたくさんあるね。

There are a lot of dishes to wash today.

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This phrase is commonly used in everyday Japanese to refer to the chore of washing dishes.

Collocations

洗い物をするto do the dishes洗い物が溜まるdishes pile up

This phrase is often used in the context of household chores and is a common way to refer to the task of washing dishes.

Composed of 洗い (arai, from 洗う 'to wash') + 物 (mono 'thing').

This is a common household phrase in Japanese, often used in the context of chores or daily routines.

洗い

washing

root

物

thing

suffix

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