Illustration: Outside a small neighborhood bakery before opening, a worker draws a broom across the concrete entrance, pushing fallen leaves toward a long-handled dustpan. The bristles bend against the ground, and a clean strip behind them contrasts with the scattered leaves ahead.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

掃はく

haku

to sweep

Example sentences

  1. お前まえは床ゆかを掃はきさえすればよい。

    You have only to sweep the floor.

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  2. 私わたしは枯葉かれはを掃はき集あつめた。

    I swept up dead leaves.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは玄関げんかんのごみをはいた。

    She swept the dirt from the porch.

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Kanji in 掃

  • 掃sweep; brushOnソウ・シュKunはく

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