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Originally Posted by DougLewis
"Bathroom"
"Washroom"
"Lavatory"
"Loo" (slang)
"Head"
"Commode"
"Powder Room"
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Why start with 6 different words for 'toilet' and yet not add 'toilet' itself? "Head" doesn't fit with that set unless it's slang for toilet and should be labelled as such and I don't think "commode" is a suitable word for beginners, or a very common one either. At least to my knowledge it's a word that differs from the rest, being the name of a very specific item rather than an area in the way the word 'bathroom' is. "Powder room" isn't all that common a term for it either, except in some very high-end hotels and restaurants, and I don't think even there anyone would mind if you simply asked where the 'toilets' are. It IS good to know synonyms, but the average Jo doesn't say 'entrecote' when he means 'steak'.
I'd also add the words in Japanese after each entry, so the learner doesn't have to struggle looking up 400 unfamiliar words by themselves.