御手洗: purifying water at the entrance of a shrine

to use one's head

use one thing for many purposes / work someone hard

(idiomatic) go straight, quit a shady business, wash one's hands of some work or lifestyle which is less than respectable / (idiomatic, neologism) quit a business (regardless of its respectability)

Alternative form of 物置

thing / object / item

story, genre (type of story)

(non-productive, with adjectives)

(informal) Alternative form of 物 (mono, “thing”)

thing