This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

お手洗いを拝借できますか。

Sentence Analyzer

手洗い 拝借 できます

English Translation

May I use the bathroom?

Furigana

手洗(てあら)いを拝借(はいしゃく)できますか。

Romanji

O tearai o haishaku dekimasu ka.

Words

(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
手洗い (てあらい)
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; toilet; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
拝借 (はいしゃく)
borrowing
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: セン、 あら.う
Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe
Readings: ハイ、 おが.む、 おろが.む
Meanings: worship, adore, pray to
Readings: シャク、 か.りる
Meanings: borrow, rent