トイレ

トイレ · toire · JLPT N5 · noun

toilet

トイレ — toilet

🚽 トイレ = toire, clipped from English toilet (toiretto)

A loanword: English toilet became トイレット (toiretto), then got shortened to トイレ. Say toilet with a Japanese accent and drop the final t — toi-re. It covers both the fixture and the room.

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