あしをあらう – Vocabulary details

あしをあらう

Expression

Verb (5-dan, う)

Idiomatic

1. to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to turn over a new leaf; to go straight

2. to wash one's feet

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

子こども達たちはあしをあらった。

The children washed their feet.

私わたしは自じ分ぶんのあしをあらった。

I washed my feet.

トムはメアリーにあしをあらうようにとお願ねがいした。

Tom asked Mary to wash her feet.

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