N21400/1725

掃はく

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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はく

Meanings

to sweep, to brush, to clean
to gather silkworms

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Example sentences

毎朝まいあさ、玄関げんかんの前まえを掃はいてから仕事しごとに行いく。

Every morning, I sweep in front of the entrance before going to work.

落おち葉はが多おおくて、庭にわを掃はくのに一時間いちじかんもかかった。

There were so many fallen leaves that it took a whole hour to sweep the garden.

床ゆかを掃はかないと、ほこりがたまる一方いっぽうだ。

If you don't sweep the floor, dust will just keep accumulating.

祖母そぼは縁側えんがわをほうきで丁寧ていねいに掃はいていた。

My grandmother was carefully sweeping the veranda with a broom.

寺てらの境内けいだいを掃はき清きよめることは、修行しゅぎょうの一環いっかんとして古ふるくから行おこなわれてきた。

Sweeping and purifying the temple grounds has long been practiced as part of ascetic training.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)