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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
- —耳掃除ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
- —庭掃除tidying a garden; sweeping the yard; garden work
- —掃除屋cleaner; janitor; night soil gatherer
- —拭き掃除cleaning; scrubbing
- —機銃掃射machine-gun fire
- —掃き掃除sweeping and cleaning
- —掃除当番one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
- —掃討作戦mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
- —煙突掃除chimney sweeping (cleaning)
- —風呂掃除cleaning a bath tub
- —清掃用具cleaning utensils
- —分解掃除overhaul; taking apart and cleaning
- —清掃会社cleaning company
- —清掃工場garbage processing plant; waste incineration plant
- —特殊清掃special cleaning and disinfection (esp. after an accident or death); biohazard cleanup; crime scene cleanup
- —真空掃除機vacuum cleaner
- —道路掃除人street sweeper (person)
- —電気掃除機electric vacuum cleaner
- —煙突掃除夫chimney sweep; chimney sweeper
- —清掃作業員sanitation worker; garbage collector; refuse collector; street cleaner