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washing area; washroom; rinse station
An area designated for washing, especially the space in a Japanese bathroom where you wash your body before entering the bathtub, or a sink/washing area in a kitchen or workplace.
洗い場で体を洗う。
Wash your body in the washing area.
温泉の洗い場にはシャンプーが置いてあった。
There was shampoo at the washing station in the hot spring.
レストランの洗い場で皿を洗うアルバイトをしている。
I have a part-time job washing dishes in the restaurant's wash area.
FORMATION:
洗い (washing) + 場 (place).
USAGE:
Most commonly refers to the washing area in a Japanese-style bathroom (風呂場), where bathers wash and rinse before entering the 浴槽 (bathtub). In Japanese bathing culture, you always clean yourself in the 洗い場 before soaking in the tub. Also used for commercial dish-washing areas in restaurants.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 風呂場の洗い場 (bathroom washing area)
- 洗い場で体を流す (to rinse off in the washing area)