Illustration: In an apartment dining area, a parent has been anxiously gripping a chair while a child sits on a newly repaired wooden stool. The carpenter now sits their own much greater weight on an identical repaired stool and lifts both feet with a playful flourish.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

払ふっ拭しょく

fusshoku

to dispel, to wipe away

Often used with anxiety, doubts or a bad image. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 消費者しょうひしゃの不安ふあんの払拭ふっしょくに努つとめることにしています。

    We have been endeavoring so that consumers may cast aside their insecurities.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. マイナスイメージを払拭ふっしょくする

    to clear one’s bad image

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 鹿ししケ谷事件たにじけんの衝撃しょうげきも冷さめやらない中なかで、清盛きよもりの疑念ぎねんを払拭ふっしょくするための必死ひっしの行動こうどうとも考かんがえられる。

    With the shock of the Shishigatani Incident still fresh, it could also be seen as a desperate attempt to dispel Kiyomori’s suspicions.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 払拭

  • 払pay; clear outOnフツ・ヒツ・ホツKunはらう
  • 拭wipe; mopOnショク・シキKunぬぐう・ふく

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