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洗う あらう N5

  1. to cleanse; to rinse; to wash
  2. to inquire into; to investigate
  3. to purify (one's heart)
  4. to lave (e.g. shore); to sweep; to wash over (e.g. deck)

足を洗う あしをあらう

  1. to cut one's ties with; to go straight; to quit (a shady business); to turn over a new leaf; to wash one's hands of
  2. to wash one's feet

芋を洗うよう いもをあらうよう

  1. heaving; jam-packed; teeming; with people jostling against one another

猫耳を洗うと雨が降る ねこみみをあらうとあめがふる

  1. if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming

猫が顔を洗うと雨が降る ねこがかおをあらうとあめがふる

  1. if a cat washes its face, rain is coming

血で血を洗う ちでちをあらう

  1. to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; to wash blood for blood

赤貧洗うが如し せきひんあらうがごとし

  1. as poor as a church mouse; extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty

芋の子を洗うよう いものこをあらうよう

  1. heaving; jam-packed; teeming; with people jostling against one another
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