御手洗川

Reading

Kana: みたらしがわ

Romaji: mitarashigawa

Definition

noun

1

river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

Kanji

御

Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-

Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

洗

Readings: セン、 あら.う

Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)