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洗濯機の使い方を教えてください。

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洗濯機 使い方 教えて ください

English Translation

Tell me how to use the washing machine.

Furigana

洗濯機(せんたくき)使(つか)(かた)(おし)えてください。

Romanji

Sentakuki no tsukaikata o oshiete kudasai.

Words

洗濯機 (せんたくき、せんたっき)
washing machine (laundry)
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
使い方 (つかいかた)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
()
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.
教える (おしえる)
to teach; to inform; to instruct
下さる (くださる)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

Kanji

Readings: セン、 あら.う
Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe
Readings: タク、 すす.ぐ、 ゆす.ぐ
Meanings: laundry, wash, pour on, rinse
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine