漱: rinse the mouth

rinse the mouth; gargle

14 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 3 words here

Readings

ソウ・シュウ・ス

Kun

くちすすぐ・くちそそぐ・うがい・すすぐ

漱石枕流 (lit. rinse with stones, pillow on a stream) means stubborn rationalizing. Alone the verb is 漱ぐ (すすぐ).

漱ぐすすぐto rinse (the mouth)

含漱がんそうgargling

漱石枕流そうせきちんりゅうstubborn rationalizing

漱うがいgargling

風邪かぜをひいたので、医者いしゃに一日いちにち数回すうかいの含漱がんそうをすすめられた。

Since I caught a cold, the doctor advised me to gargle several times a day.

食後しょくごに水みずで口くちを漱すすぐのが、祖父そふの習慣しゅうかんだ。

Rinsing his mouth with water after meals is my grandfather's habit.

負まけを認みとめずに言い訳いいわけを続つづけるのは、まさに漱石枕流そうせきちんりゅうだ。

Refusing to admit defeat and going on making excuses is exactly stubborn rationalizing.