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洗せん濯たく機き

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Common wordJLPTN5

Meanings

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noun

washing machine; clothes washer

Standard term for a household washing machine. The colloquial pronunciation せんたっき is common in casual speech.

新あたらしい洗せん濯たく機きを買かいました。
I bought a new washing machine.
洗せん濯たく機きが壊こわれてしまった。
The washing machine broke down.

Written forms

洗濯機
- せんたくき
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- せんたっき
せんたっき

Kanji

洗wash, inquire into, probe
濯laundry, wash, pour on
機loom, mechanism, machine

Similar words

乾かん燥そう機き
乾燥機 is a dryer, often used together with a washing machine.
洗せん濯たく
洗濯 is the act of washing laundry; 洗濯機 is the machine that does it.

Etymology

Compound of 洗濯 (せんたく, 'washing, laundry') and 機 (き, 'machine').