トイレット

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun

toilet; restroom

Refers to a toilet or restroom, but in modern everyday Japanese it is especially common as the first part of compounds such as トイレットルーム and トイレットペーパー. The shorter トイレ is the more ordinary standalone word.

トイレットルームは二に階かいにあります。

The restroom is on the second floor.

トイレットペーパーを買かい忘わすれた。

I forgot to buy toilet paper.

Related words

トイレN5
トイレット is rarely used alone in modern Japanese and mainly survives as the first part of compounds like トイレットペーパー, while トイレ is the ordinary standalone word for a restroom.
お手て洗あらいN5
お手洗い is a polite, indirect way to refer to a restroom in public or customer-facing contexts, whereas トイレット is a dated loanword now mostly seen in compounds.
便べん所じょN2
便所 is a blunt, old-fashioned native Japanese word for a toilet, while トイレット is an old-fashioned English loanword that is rarely used by itself.

Word family

トイレットペーパーN1
toilet paper
トイレットケース
toilet case; toiletry case
トイレットソープ
toilet soap
トイレットルーム
bathroom; washroom; lavatory
トイレットパウダー
toilet powder

Etymology

Written in katakana as a foreign-style word; no language of origin is specified. In use, it is strongly associated with toilet-related katakana compounds.