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箒

ほうき

broom

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Examples

  1. 箒で庭を掃いた。

    ほうきでにわをはいた。

    I swept the garden with a broom.

  2. 彼女は箒で部屋を掃除する。

    かのじょはほうきでへやをそうじする。

    She cleans the room with a broom.

  3. 箒とちりとりを持ってきてください。

    ほうきとちりとりをもってきてください。

    Please bring the broom and dustpan.

Common patterns

箒で掃く
to sweep with a broom
竹箒
bamboo broom
箒とちりとり
broom and dustpan

Memory tip

In real life this is almost always written ほうき in kana — the kanji 箒 is not on the standard list. The bamboo radical 竹 on top is the material old brooms were made of.

Kanji in this word

  • 箒Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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