Illustration: During classroom cleaning at a Japanese elementary school, one pupil crouches and holds a dustpan firmly against the wooden floor while another sweeps pencil shavings and small scraps into its shallow tray. The pan's straight front lip, raised sides, and short handle are clearly exposed.

ちりとり

chiritori

dustpan

Example sentences

床ゆかのごみをちりとりに集あつめた。
I swept the dirt on the floor into the dustpan.
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ほうきとちりとりを物置ものおきに戻もどして。
Please put the broom and dustpan back in the closet.
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ちりとりの取とっ手てが外はずれた。
The dustpan’s handle came off.
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