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jmdict 1766600 Active (id: 1109143)
洗い場 [news2,nf42]
あらいば [news2,nf42]
1. [n]
▶ washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware)
2. [n]
▶ place for washing oneself in a bathroom



History:
2. A 2012-08-30 23:23:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-08-30 23:13:27  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij
  Comments:
Daijs separates sense 1 into "laundry" and "tableware" senses.
I've seen sense 2 used in comparison to Western-style bathrooms.
The first page of Google image results seem to all be for sense 2; after that, it's a mix of sense 2 and sense 1.
  Diff:
@@ -16,1 +16,5 @@
-<gloss>washing place</gloss>
+<gloss>washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>place for washing oneself in a bathroom</gloss>

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