Illustration: After an indoor plant has shed dry soil across a Japanese apartment's entryway, a resident sweeps the scattered dirt into a dustpan. A clearly clean stretch of floor lies behind the broom, while a small remaining fan of soil sits directly ahead of its bristles.

JLPT N5suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

掃そう除じ

souji

to clean

Example sentences

  1. あなたの部屋へやを掃除そうじしましたか。

    Did you clean your room?

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  2. 部屋へやを掃除そうじしなさい。

    You must clean your room.

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  3. 彼かれは部屋へやの掃除そうじが嫌きらいだ。

    He hates cleaning his room.

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Kanji in 掃除

  • 掃sweep; brushOnソウ・シュKunはく
  • 除exclude; division (x/3)Onジョ・ジKunのぞく

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