N21473/1725

箒ほうき

usually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

Reading

ほうき

Meanings

broom

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは箒ほうきで部屋へやを掃はいた。

She swept the room with a broom.

古ふるい箒ほうきは使つかいにくいので、新あたらしいものを買かった。

The old broom was hard to use, so I bought a new one.

箒ほうきで落おち葉はを集あつめるのは秋あきの風物詩ふうぶつしだ。

Gathering fallen leaves with a broom is a classic autumn scene.

掃除機そうじきが壊こわれたので、仕方しかたなく箒ほうきを使つかって床ゆかを掃除そうじした。

Since the vacuum cleaner broke, I had no choice but to use a broom to clean the floor.

玄関げんかんの隅すみに立たてかけてある箒ほうきは、近所きんじょの方かたからいただいた手作てづくりのものだ。

The broom leaning in the corner of the entryway is a handmade one given to me by a neighbor.

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.)