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Temple · Shrine

N4

すみません、このお水はどのように使うのですか?Excuse me, how do I use this water? (Temple · Shrine, Formal — to staff, JLPT N4)

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すみません、このお水はどのように使うのですか?

すみません、このおみずはどのようにつかうのですか?

Excuse me, how do I use this water?

Romaji: Sumimasen, kono omizu wa dono yō ni tsukau no desu ka? / Reply Romaji: Te to kuchi o kiyomeru basho desu. Mazu migite o kiyome, tsugi ni hidarite, sore kara kuchi o susugimasu.

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手と口を清める場所です。まず右手を清め、次に左手、それから口をすすぎます。

てとくちをきよめるばしょです。まずみぎてをきよめ、つぎにひだりて、それからくちをすすぎます。

This is a place to purify your hands and mouth. First, purify your right hand, then your left hand, and then rinse your mouth.

Gesture & etiquette

Point to the temizuya (water basin).

Do not drink directly from the ladle or spit water back into the basin. Only use a small amount to rinse your mouth and spit it next to the basin, not into it. Do not let the used ladle touch the water source.

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