お手洗いはどこですか。
Otearai wa doko desu ka.
Where is the restroom?
- Word for word
- “Where is the washroom?”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- Asking in a restaurant or shop.
- Worth knowing
- お手洗い is polite. Friends say トイレどこ？