- あらいながす
- 洗い流す
to wash away* * *あらいながす【洗い流す】1 〔水で〕 wash (away); rinse; 〔トイレ・下水・街路などを〕 flush 《a toilet, sewer pipes, streets》.●試験管の内側についている粉末を蒸留水で洗い流す wash away [rinse out] the powder adhering to the inside of a test tube, using distilled water
・よごれをきれいに洗い流す wash away all the dirt.
●路上の泥は昨夜の雨ですっかり洗い流されていた. All the dirt on the road was washed clean away by last night's rain.
2 〔心の重荷などを取り除く〕 remove; get rid of…; rid oneself of….●心のわだかまりを洗い流す get rid of one's ill feeling.
●旅行も私の失恋の痛みを洗い流すことができなかった. I went on a trip, but I could not forget the pain of my lost love.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.