洗濯(せんたく)ばさみ

せんたくばさみ
noun
clothespin
daily-life
1. clothespin; clothes peg
A clip used to hang laundry on a clothesline to dry.
洗濯物(せんたくもの)を洗濯(せんたく)ばさみで止(と)める。
I secure the laundry with clothespins.
風(かぜ)が強(つよ)いので洗濯(せんたく)ばさみを多(おお)めに使(つか)った。
Since the wind was strong, I used extra clothespins.
プラスチックの洗濯(せんたく)ばさみが壊(こわ)れた。
The plastic clothespin broke.

洗濯(せんたく)ばさみ is a clothespin or clothes peg. Formation: 洗濯(せんたく) 'laundry' + ばさみ, the compounding form of 挟(はさ)む 'to pinch, to hold between'. Also written 洗濯挟(せんたくばさみ) or 洗濯鋏(せんたくばさみ), but the mixed form is standard.

Materials

  • プラスチック製(せい): plastic, by far the most common, and the kind that goes brittle after a year outdoors
  • 木(き)製(せい): wooden
  • ステンレス製(せい): stainless steel, which survives the sun

Collocations

Related laundry hardware: 物干(ものほ)し竿(ざお), the pole clothes are hung on, and 角(かく)ハンガー, the rectangular frame ringed with pegs used for socks and underwear.

Related Words

Related: 物干(ものほ)し竿(ざお) (laundry pole)
Related: 洗濯物(せんたくもの) (laundry)
Related: 物干(ものほ)し (drying rack)
Related: 洗濯籠(せんたくかご) (laundry basket)
Compare: 洗濯物干(せんたくものほ)し (clothes drying rack)
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Added 2026.1.19 7:21 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02
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