N21366/1725

雑ぞう巾きん

irregular kanji usagenounnoun (generic)

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ぞうきん

Meanings

house-cloth, dust cloth

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Example sentences

雑巾ぞうきんで床ゆかを拭ふいてください。

Please wipe the floor with a dust cloth.

古ふるいタオルを雑巾ぞうきんに使つかうことができます。

You can use an old towel as a dust cloth.

雑巾ぞうきんを水みずで濡ぬらしてから窓まどを拭ふいた。

I wet the dust cloth with water and then wiped the windows.

掃除そうじの授業じゅぎょうでは、生徒せいとたちが雑巾ぞうきんがけをして教室きょうしつをきれいにする。

During cleaning time, students mop the classroom floor with dust cloths.

使つかい古ふるした雑巾ぞうきんは定期的ていきてきに交換こうかんしなければ、かえって汚よごれを広ひろげてしまう恐おそれがある。

If worn-out dust cloths are not replaced regularly, there is a risk that they will actually spread dirt around.

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.)