Word Meaning 晒し

さらし sarashi

晒し is read as さらし (sarashi) and means bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso).

Meaning

English

  1. bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso)
  2. public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)
  3. bleaching
  4. soaking
  5. doxxing
  6. doxing
  7. making someone's private information public without permission

Reading

Kana

さらし

Romaji

sarashi

Writing Variants

  • さらし sarashi
  • さらし sarashi
  • 曝し さらし sarashi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

晒す

さらす

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.)

Example Sentences

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かれはにっこうにさらしてほした。

He dried it in the sunlight.

よごれをさらしてそうじした。

I exposed the dirt and cleaned it.

ふじゅんぶつをさらしてみずをじょうかする。

Expose the impurities to purify the water.

きをにっこうにさらしてかんそうさせる。

I expose the wood to sunlight to dry it.

このほうほうはこうかをさらしてしょうめいする。

This method exposes the results to prove it.

I'll expose you!

Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.