洗う(あらう)— wash
靴 を 洗って も いい です か。
May I wash the shoes?
洗うあらう
wash
あらう
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Words
靴kutsushoes
をo(object marker)
洗ってarauwash (て-form)
てtethe linking ending in 洗って
もmoeven if (in the permission pattern)
いいiigood; okay
ですdesu(polite sentence ending)
かka(question marker)
Kanji
洗セン・ あら(う)wash
洗う means washing something. Its て-form is 洗って. The full pattern ~てもいいですか asks whether an action is allowed: “May I …?”
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