change of clothes while washing; spare clothes for laundry day
Refers to clothes worn while one's other clothes are being washed. Often used in the phrase 洗い替えに着る.
While the laundry is going, I wear my spare clothes.
I bought this T-shirt as a spare for laundry day.
refinishing wooden furniture; cleaning or planing to revive wood
A specialized term for restoring wooden furniture by cleaning or planing its surface. Rare in everyday conversation.
I sent the old chest of drawers to be refinished.
reversal of book value; write-up to acquisition cost
Accounting term: reversing the book value of an asset to its original acquisition cost at the start of the next period. Used in financial contexts.
At the beginning of the next period, we reverse the book value of the impaired asset.
Standard spelling for the clothing sense and the general concept.
Abbreviated spelling; common in accounting contexts.
Search-only variant; not a standard modern spelling.
Compound of 洗い (washing) + 替え (replacement). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently means 'wash replacement'.