| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| お手洗い | おてあらい | a restroom; lavatory |
| 洗う | あらう | to clean; to wash |
| 御手洗 | おてあらい | font of purifying water placed at entrance of shrine |
| 洗剤 | せんざい | detergent, washing material |
| 手洗い | てあらい | restroom, lavatory, hand-washing |
| 洗濯機 | せんたくき | laundry machine |
| 洗濯 | せんたく | washing, laundry |
| 洗面 | せんめん | wash up (one's face), have a wash |
| 乾燥洗濯 | かんそうせんたく | dry cleaning |
| 合成洗剤 | ごうせいせんざい | synthetic detergent |
| 摘み洗い | つまみあらい | washing only the soiled part (of a garment) |
| 水洗 | すいせん | flushing |
| 洗い上げる | あらいあげる | to finish washing, to wash well, to investigate thoroughly |
| 洗い熊 | あらいぐま | common raccoon (Procyon lotor) |
| 洗浄 | せんじょう | washing, cleaning, laundering |
| 洗濯のり | せんたくのり | laundry starch |
| 洗濯ばさみ | せんたくばさみ | clothes-pin, clothespin, clothes peg |
| 洗濯挟み | せんたくばさみ | clothes-pin, clothespin, clothes peg |
| 洗濯物 | せんたくもの | clothes to be washed, the washing |
| 洗濯糊 | せんたくのり | laundry starch |
| 洗礼 | せんれい | baptism |
| 洗錬 | せんれん | polish, refinement |
| 皿洗い | さらあらい | washing-up, dish-washing |
| 電気洗濯機 | でんきせんたくき | electric washing machine |