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[erica4240]

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[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by erica4240

DO not put it in the washer ( washing machine) (clothes)

in semi formal speech
thank you

Not sure what you mean by semi-formal ("formal" and "polite" are different things), but here's a generic way to say it: 洗濯機に入れてはいけません.

Here's my "clothes label" guess (abbreviated form and also a wild guess to test my abilities): 洗濯機挿入禁止

I'd love to have a native chime in on their opinion of my all-kanji attempt (tried to go for something that could be printed on a clothes label of a form like 駐車禁止 for "NO PARKING" signs).

[MMM]

洗濯機 に入れないように
is one way to put it.

[sakaeyellow]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

Not sure what you mean by semi-formal ("formal" and "polite" are different things), but here's a generic way to say it: 洗濯機に入れてはいけません.

Here's my "clothes label" guess (abbreviated form and also a wild guess to test my abilities): 洗濯機挿入禁止

I'd love to have a native chime in on their opinion of my all-kanji attempt (tried to go for something that could be printed on a clothes label of a form like 駐車禁止 for "NO PARKING" signs).

I think it should be 投入 instead of 挿入, which means insertion.

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by sakaeyellow

I think it should be 投入 instead of 挿入, which means insertion.

Well of course you insert laundry into the machine!

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

　
Here's my "clothes label" guess (abbreviated form and also a wild guess to test my abilities): 洗濯機挿入禁止

I'd love to have a native chime in on their opinion of my all-kanji attempt (tried to go for something that could be printed on a clothes label of a form like 駐車禁止 for "NO PARKING" signs).

By far the most natural all-kanji phrase for a label would be:

洗濯機使用不可

禁止 is way too heavy a word for this. This is not about a law.

挿入 doesn't mean "inserting tangible things as clothes". It means inserting a song into a scene in a drama or inserting an illustration into a book. Another meaning is inserting with some effort something into a space that is barely large enough. In another words, it doesn't mean "tossing something into someplace".

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by Sashimister

By far the most natural all-kanji phrase for a label would be:

洗濯機使用不可

禁止 is way too heavy a word for this. This is not about a law.

挿入 doesn't mean "inserting tangible things as clothes". It means inserting a song into a scene in a drama or inserting an illustration into a book. Another meaning is inserting with some effort something into a space that is barely large enough. In another words, it doesn't mean "tossing something into someplace".

Thanks for the correction! I'm still learning this sort of kanji composition, so I wasn't aware of the use of 不可 like that.