Illustration: While cleaning a spare room, a woman pulls a low cabinet away from the wall and discovers a thick layer of fine dust across its top. One fingertip has drawn a clean curved track through the powder, exposing the smooth wood beneath.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ほこり

hokori

dust

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょはほこりを払はらった。

    She brushed away the dust.

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  2. 風かぜでほこりが舞まっていた。

    Dust was blowing in the wind.

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  3. ほこりが机つくえを覆おおっている。

    Dust covers the desk.

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