洗せん浄じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

washing; cleaning; cleansing; laundering

Often more formal or technical than 洗う, and common with equipment, parts, containers, lenses, wounds, and cleaning fluids. Also appears in fixed compounds such as 資金洗浄, meaning money laundering.

• 使し用よう後ごは器き具ぐをよく洗せん浄じょうしてください。

  Please wash the instruments thoroughly after use.

• 専せん用ようの洗せん浄じょう液えきでコンタクトレンズを洗せん浄じょうする。

  Clean contact lenses with the dedicated cleaning solution.

• 資し金きん洗せん浄じょうの疑うたがいで捜そう査さが始はじまった。

  An investigation began on suspicion of money laundering.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

ritual cleansing; purification of mind and body

Buddhist or religious use referring to cleansing or purifying the body and mind, rather than ordinary physical washing.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、洗せん浄じょうが心しん身しんを清きよめる行おこないを指さすことがある。

  In Buddhism, 洗浄 can refer to the act of purifying the mind and body.