洗濯
せんたく
hepburn sentaku
laundry, washing clothes
Part of speech · noun / suru-verb
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 洗濯をします。I do laundry.
- 洗濯物を干す。I hang up the laundry.
Collocations
洗濯 (sentaku, laundry)洗濯する洗濯物 (sentakumono)洗濯機 (sentakuki)物干し (monohoshi)
Mnemonic
Sentaku-laundry (洗濯) is "laundry" — B + no-cluster kanji compound. Structure: 洗 + 濯 (wash + rinse). Homophonous split: sentaku-laundry (洗濯) vs sentaku-choice (選択). Derivatives: (1) sentakuki (washing machine); (2) sentakumono (laundry); (3) monohoshi (drying rack); (4) dry-cleaning. Korean setak / ppalrae and Chinese xiyifu / xizhuo parallel; Japans homophone 洗濯 / 選択 split unique.
Quick check
洗濯 vs 選択?