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    掃き初め

    掃はき​初ぞめ​

    first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2)

    NTNounDaily LifeCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    はきぞめ

    Noun

    1.
    first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2), first sweeping
    rare term

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    掃
    は.く…(3)
    sweep・brush
    Kanji
    初
    はじ.め・はじ.めて・はつ・はつ-・うい-・-そ.める…(4)
    first time・beginning
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
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