| 掃除 | そうじ | cleaning, sweeping |
| 掃き寄せる | はきよせる | (v1) to sweep up/ |
| 掃き集める | はきあつめる | (v1) to sweep up together/ |
| 掃き出し窓 | はきだしまど
| (n) opening through which dirt is
swept/ |
| 掃き出す | はきだす | (v5s) to release/to sweep out/to clean out/ |
| 掃き掃除 | はきそうじ | (n) sweeping and cleaning/ |
| 掃き立て | はきたて | (n) being newly-swept/gathering silkworms from the egg
paper/ |
| 掃き溜め | はきだめ | (n) rubbish
heap/garbage dump/ |
| 掃き溜めに鶴 | はきだめにつる | "a jewel in a
dunghill"/ |
| 掃き溜めを漁る | はきだめをあさる | (exp) to rummage a dustbin/to pick a garbage
dump/ |
| 掃く | はく | (v5k) to sweep/to
brush/to gather up/(P)/ |
| 掃海 | そうかい | (n,vs) sweeping the sea for mines/dragging for
mines/ |
| 掃海艇 | そうかいてい
| (n) mine sweeper/ |
| 掃射 | そうしゃ | (n,vs) sweeping with fire/mowing
down/strafing/ |
| 掃除 | そうじ | (n,vs) cleaning/sweeping/(P)/ |
| 掃除器 | そうじき
| vacuum cleaner/ |
| 掃除機 | そうじき
| vacuum cleaner/(P)/ |
| 掃除人 | そうじにん
| janitor/cleaner/ |
| 掃除当番 | そうじとうばん | (n) one's turn for doing the sweeping
(cleaning)/ |
| 掃除婦 | そうじふ
| cleaning woman/(P)/ |
| 掃蕩 | そうとう | (n) sweeping or mopping up/ |
| 掃討 | そうとう | (n) cleaning up/sweeping up/mopping up/(P)/ |
| 掃滅 | そうめつ | (n,vs) wiping out/annihilation/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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