Illustration: A birthday gathering has ended in a Japanese apartment dining room. Empty cake plates, crumbs, and a collapsed paper garland remain around the table. One adult gathers used dishes into a washing basin while another wipes the cleared half of the tabletop.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

後あと片かた付づけ

atokatazuke

to clean up afterward

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはパーティーの後片付あとかたづけをした。

    I cleaned up after the party.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは食事しょくじの後片付あとかたづけをした。

    She cleared away the dishes from the table.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 料理りょうりは好すきなんだけど後片付あとかたづけが嫌いやなんだよね。

    I enjoy cooking, but I don’t like the cleaning up afterwards.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 後片付

  • 後behind; backOnゴ・コウKunのち・うしろ・あと
  • 片one-sided; leafOnヘンKunかた-・かた
  • 付adhere; attachOnフKunつける・つけ・つけ-

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