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掃 kanji
sweep, brush
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ソウシュ
Kun readings
はく
Variant forms
埽Words with 掃
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3掃除Popularcleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
- N2清掃Popularcleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
- —一掃Popularclean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
- —掃海Popularsweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
- —掃討Popularcleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
- —大掃除Popularmajor cleanup; spring cleaning
- —掃除機Popularvacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
- —掃滅wiping out; annihilation
- —掃射sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
- —掃引sweeping; scanning
- —掃苔visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival); removal of moss from a tombstone
- —洒掃scrubbing (with water); cleaning
- —清掃車garbage truck; dustcart; waste collection vehicle
- —清掃夫street cleaner; garbage man
- —掃海艇minesweeping ship; minesweeper
- —掃除婦cleaning woman
- —掃除人janitor; cleaner
- —清掃員cleaner; janitor
- —床掃除cleaning the floor
- —掃除魚cleaner fish