Illustration: After a craft session in a community hall, a caretaker pushes a broad floor sweeper across the final strip of scattered paper scraps. Behind the sweeper, the entire visible floor is clean; ahead, the last few scraps are being gathered into a wide dustpan already heaped with matching offcuts.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ掃そう

issou

to wipe out, to eliminate

Example sentences

  1. 政府せいふは貧困ひんこんを一掃いっそうすることを約束やくそくした。

    The government promised to wipe out poverty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. これがゴキブリを一掃いっそうする唯一ゆいいつの方法ほうほうだと思おもいます。

    I think this is the only way to get rid of cockroaches.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. スポーツ界かいはこの際さい、犯罪組織はんざいそしきとの癒着ゆちゃくを一掃いっそうすべきです。

    The sports world should, at this time, eliminate the collusion with criminal organizations.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一掃

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 掃sweep; brushOnソウ・シュKunはく

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