足を洗う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
足 洗
あし
Grade: 1 		あら
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Verb

足(あし)を洗(あら)う • (ashi o arau) godan (stem 足(あし)を洗(あら)い (ashi o arai), past 足(あし)を洗(あら)った (ashi o aratta))

  1. (idiomatic) go straight, quit a shady business, wash one's hands of some work or lifestyle which is less than respectable
    • 2017 October 31, “ギャンブル依存症「夫婦」の実態がやばすぎる……ラスベガス結婚式すっぽかしてカジノ、10年で借金は驚愕の……”, in Goraku Journal‎, archived from the original on 26 October 2020:
      その後(ご)、妻(つま)は子(こ)どもを産(う)んでギャンブルから足(あし)を洗(あら)ったが、夫(おっと)の競(きょう)艇(てい)好(ず)きは直(なお)らず。
      Sono go, tsuma wa kodomo o unde gyanburu kara ashi o aratta ga, otto no kyōtei zuki wa naorazu.
      After that, the wife quitted gambling after childbearing, but the husband didn't break himself of enthusiasm for boat race.
  2. (idiomatic, neologism) quit a business (regardless of its respectability)
    • 2014 March 28, “私がIT業界から足を洗った10の理由”, in ZDNet Japan‎:
      あなたもI(アイ)T(ティー)業(ぎょう)界(かい)から足(あし)を洗(あら)おうと思(おも)ったことがあるのであれば、筆(ひっ)者(しゃ)の理(り)由(ゆう)に心(こころ)当(あ)たりがあるはずだ。
      Anata mo aitī gyōkai kara ashi o araō to omotta koto ga aru no de areba, hissha no riyū ni kokoroatari ga aru hazu da.
      If you have thought to quit a tech industry ever, you should have some knowledge of my quitting reason.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "足を洗う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 足を洗わ あしをあらわ ashi o arawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 足を洗い あしをあらい ashi o arai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 足を洗う あしをあらう ashi o arau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 足を洗う あしをあらう ashi o arau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 足を洗え あしをあらえ ashi o arae
Meireikei ("imperative") 足を洗え あしをあらえ ashi o arae
Key constructions
Passive 足を洗われる あしをあらわれる ashi o arawareru
Causative 足を洗わせる
足を洗わす 		あしをあらわせる
あしをあらわす 		ashi o arawaseru
ashi o arawasu
Potential 足を洗える あしをあらえる ashi o araeru
Volitional 足を洗おう あしをあらおう ashi o araō
Negative 足を洗わない あしをあらわない ashi o arawanai
Negative continuative 足を洗わず あしをあらわず ashi o arawazu
Formal 足を洗います あしをあらいます ashi o araimasu
Perfective 足を洗った あしをあらった ashi o aratta
Conjunctive 足を洗って あしをあらって ashi o aratte
Hypothetical conditional 足を洗えば あしをあらえば ashi o araeba

See also

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