洗濯

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 洗濯 is read as せんたく and is a noun and suru-verb for washing clothes, towels, and other textiles as laundry.
• Basic usage: Use 洗濯をする for doing laundry and コインランドリーで洗濯する when naming the place used.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Laundry versus general cleaning
  • 洗濯 mainly concerns washable textiles, unlike 掃除, which covers cleaning rooms and surfaces.
• Washing and laundry items
  • 洗濯 names the act or work of washing; clothes and other items to be washed are 洗濯物.