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Japanese
Etymology 1
From 御 (mi-, honorific prefix[1]) + 手 (te, “hand”) + 洗 (“washing”, arai or arashi), with a sound change from /te.a/ to /ta/.
Pronunciation
Noun
御手洗 or 御手洗 • (mitarashi or mitarai) ←みたらひ (mitarafi)?
- purifying water at the entrance of a shrine
Surname
御手洗 • (Mitarai)
- a surname
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 御手洗 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 御手洗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN