掃除

souji

noun★Beginner

formal

Cleaning; act of tidying or removing dirt

部屋の掃除をします

I will clean the room

毎日掃除をすることが大切です

It's important to clean every day

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Can refer to both general cleaning and specific cleaning tasks

Collocations

掃除機vacuum cleaner掃除道具cleaning tools掃除機をかけるto vacuum

大掃除phrase

general cleaning (especially before New Year)

掃除をするphrase

to clean

掃除 is often used with the verb する (to do) to mean 'to clean'.

Always pair 掃除 with する when using it as a verb.

From 掃く (to sweep) + 除く (to remove)

Often used with the verb する (to do) as in 掃除をする (to clean)

掃

to sweep

root

除

to remove

root

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