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表層形
水あらい
ミズアライ
名詞

水あらい (ミズアライ)

Mizuarai · みずあらい — washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)

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水あらい in rōmaji: mizuarai.

名詞 普通名詞 サ変可能 *
📝 水洗い 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月25日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
水あらい
見出し語 (Lemma)
水洗い
読み (Reading)
ミズアライ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・サ変可能・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
水あらい
読み・基本形
ミズアライ
表記・基本形
水あらい
見出し語の読み
ミズアライ
💡 English Meaning

水あらい means “washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

水洗い (ミズアライ) — main entry →

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The surface form (水あらい) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (水洗い) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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