Toilet

"Toilet" in Japanese

お手洗い

otearai

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

トイレ

toire

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

便器

benki

(fixture used for urination and defecation — see also flush toilet, squat toilet, chemical toilet, urinal, latrine, water closet)

便室

benshitsu

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

便所

benjo

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

分別所

funbetsudokoro

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

化粧室

keshōshitsu

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

kawaya

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

後架

kōka

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

御不浄

gofujō

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

憚り

habakari

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

手水場

chōzuba

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

手洗い

tearai

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

洗面所

senmenjo

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

浄房

jōbō

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

用場

yōba

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

閑所

kanjo

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

隠所

injo

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

雪隠

setchin

(room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.