洗濯 (せんたく, sentaku) Japanese meaning: washing | Kotomora

洗せん濯たく

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

洗濯する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General term for washing clothes and other fabrics. Used as a noun and with する as a transitive verb.

洗せん浄じょう sense 1
洗浄 is a more technical or clinical term for cleaning (e.g. industrial or medical washing), while 洗濯 specifically means doing laundry at home.
クリーニングN4sense 1
クリーニング usually means professional dry cleaning, whereas 洗濯 refers to ordinary home laundry.
洗あらい
洗濯 refers specifically to washing clothes or laundry, while 洗い is a broader, more general term for washing anything.
ドライクリーニングN1
洗濯 refers to ordinary laundry washed with water, while ドライクリーニング specifically uses chemical solvents for delicate fabrics.

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ランドリー
洗濯 is the native, everyday word for doing laundry, while ランドリー specifically evokes a laundromat or laundry service.
洗あらうN5
洗濯する is used specifically for washing clothes/laundry, while 洗う is the general verb usable for hands, dishes, cars, etc.

洗せん濯たく機きN5
洗濯 means the act of doing laundry, while 洗濯機 is the machine that performs that act; they share kanji but are grammatically different (noun vs. noun for an appliance).
掃そう除じN5
掃除 refers to cleaning a room or object, whereas 洗濯 specifically means doing laundry, and beginners often mix up these household-chore terms.
洗せん車しゃ
洗車 and 洗濯 both share the kanji 洗 and mean 'to wash', but 洗車 refers to washing a car while 洗濯 refers to washing clothes.

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洗濯Usage96%
- せんたく
  Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
- せんだく
  out-dated reading
洗せんたく

Compound of 洗 (wash) and 濯 (rinse/launder). The figurative sense comes from the idea of washing away mental fatigue.