ご飯

How it works

Time words come first: ご飯(ごはん) (meal) is tied to 前(まえ) (before) by の (of), and に (at) pins it to that moment — “before the meal”. Then を (object) marks 手(て) (hands) as what gets washed. The verb ends in the volitional 洗おう(あらおう) (let's wash), the plain “let's…” form that turns a plan into a friendly invitation rather than a command.