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    3. 掃除

    掃除

    掃そう除じ

    cleaning

    N5KMT6News #9+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeHome & HousingKanji Vocab21 strokes

    そうじ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    cleaning, sweeping, dusting, scrubbing

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    部へ屋やの掃そう除じをしました。

    I cleaned my room.

    KMT3Daily LifeHome & Housing
    週しゅう末まつはいつも家いえ全ぜん体たいの掃そう除じをします。

    I always clean the entire house on weekends.

    KMT4Daily LifeHome & Housing
    毎まい日にちの掃そう除じは、清せい潔けつな環かん境きょうを保たもつために重じゅう要ようです。

    Daily cleaning is important for maintaining a clean environment.

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    ロボット掃そう除じ機きが部へ屋やを自じ動どうで掃そう除じしてくれます。

    A robot vacuum cleaner automatically cleans the room for me.

    KMT6Home & HousingTechnology
    大おお掃そう除じは年ねん末まつの日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな習しゅう慣かんです。

    Oosouji (big cleaning) is a traditional Japanese custom at the end of the year.

    KMT7Daily LifeCulture & TraditionsHome & Housing

    Kanji that make up this word

    掃
    は.く…(3)
    sweep・brush
    除
    のぞ.く・-よ.け…(2)
    exclude・division (x/3)・remove・abolish・cancel…(1)
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