盥かん漱そう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

washing hands and rinsing mouth

Formal, literary term for the act of washing one's hands and rinsing one's mouth, often as a ritual or thorough cleansing. Rare in everyday speech; more common terms are 手洗い and うがい.

• 古ふるい作さ法ほうでは、食しょく前ぜんに盥かん漱そうすることが求もとめられた。

  In old etiquette, one was required to wash hands and rinse mouth before meals.

• 「盥かん漱そう」という言こと葉ばは、現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない。

  The word 盥漱 is hardly used in modern times.