洗浄|せんじょうsenjou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbwashing; cleansing; cleaning; laundering
   包帯ほうたいをする前まえに彼かれは傷きずを洗浄せんじょうした。↗

   He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, Buddhismcleansing (one's mind and body)

• Synonym洗うあらうNeutralThe everyday verb for washing and the most common choice; 「洗浄」 is a noun leaning toward medical or machine cleaning.
• SynonymクリーニングNeutralLoanword for a dry cleaner's laundry service or general cleaning; 「洗浄」 suggests washing with water or chemicals.
• Synonym洗濯せんたくNeutralWashing clothes; 「洗浄」 leans toward cleaning equipment or body parts.
• Synonym洗滌せんできWrittenWritten term: the original spelling of 「洗浄」, read せんでき, now mostly seen in older medical texts; modern usage prefers 「洗浄」.
• Related清掃せいそうWrittenWritten term for cleaning a place, as in 「清掃員」; 「洗浄」 is washing an object with liquid.
• Related掃除そうじNeutralThe everyday word for cleaning rooms and removing dust and dirt; 「洗浄」 leans toward washing with water or chemicals.
• Related浄化じょうかWrittenWritten term for purifying water or air, or purging corruption; 「洗浄」 is washing objects with water or chemicals, and can also mean cleansing body and mind.
• RelatedすすぐNeutralMeans rinsing something in clean water, and by extension wiping out a disgrace; 「洗浄」 covers cleaning as a whole.
• Related清めるきよめるWrittenWritten verb for cleansing or purging impurity, often with a religious nuance; 「洗浄」 leans toward physical washing, though it can also mean cleansing body and mind.
• Related洒掃さいそうWrittenWritten term for sprinkling water and sweeping; in daily speech people say 「掃除」.
• Related洗い濯ぎあらいすすぎNeutralCovers the whole process of washing and rinsing; 「洗浄」 is the more formal term.
• Related洗いあらいNeutralWashing things, but also sashimi chilled in iced water; 「洗浄」 leans toward machine or medical cleaning.
• Antonym汚染おせんWrittenWritten term for pollution or contamination of the environment — the opposite of the cleanliness 「洗浄」 implies.
• Antonym汚損おそんWrittenWritten term for soiling or damaging something, as in 「汚損した場合」; the opposite of 「洗浄」.

Use 「洗浄」 for cleaning with water or chemicals in medical, machine or toilet contexts, as in 「胃洗浄」 and 「洗浄便座」. For everyday washing say 「洗う」, for laundry 「洗濯」, for cleaning rooms 「掃除」, and for purification 「浄化」; the opposite is 「汚染」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 心身しんしんを洗い清あらいきよめること。
2. （「洗滌せんじょう」の「同音どうおんの漢字かんじによる書かきかえ」。「洗滌（せんでき）せんじょう」が慣用かんよう的てきに「せんじょう」と読よまれるようになり、その意味いみでも用もちいられるようになった語ご。）洗あらってきれいにすること。