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塵芥

ごみ

trash, rubbish

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Examples

  1. 台所の塵芥を集めて捨てた。

    だいどころのごみをあつめてすてた。

    I gathered up the kitchen rubbish and threw it out.

  2. 月曜日の朝は塵芥を出す日です。

    げつようびのあさはごみをだすひです。

    Monday morning is rubbish collection day.

  3. 道に落ちている塵芥を拾って、袋に入れた。

    みちにおちているごみをひろって、ふくろにいれた。

    I picked up the litter lying in the road and put it in a bag.

Common patterns

ごみを出す
to put the rubbish out
ごみを捨てる
to throw rubbish away
ごみ箱
rubbish bin

Memory tip

In real life this word is written ごみ in kana almost without exception; 塵芥 is a dictionary spelling that, read ちりあくた, means dust and refuse in its own right. Learn the sound, not the kanji.

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