トイレ

• 読み: トイレ
• ローマ字: toire
• 発音: /to.i.ɾe/

意味

Toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory. The most common and neutral word for a bathroom.

Borrowed from English 'toilet.' This is the standard, everyday word — appropriate in any situation from casual to polite. More formal alternatives include お手洗い (otearai — washroom) and 化粧室 (keshōshitsu — powder room, used in department stores). Key phrases: トイレに行く (go to the toilet), トイレはどこですか (where is the restroom?).

例文

1. すみません、トイレはどこですか。
2. トイレを使ってもいいですか。
3. レストランのトイレはきれいでした。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, public places, home

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From English 'toilet,' which itself derives from French 'toilette' (a cloth for grooming). Adopted into Japanese during the postwar period as Western-style bathrooms became widespread.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal