掃除
そうじ
hepburn souji
cleaning, to clean
Part of speech · noun / suru-verb
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 部屋を掃除します。I clean the room.
- 大掃除は年末です。Major cleaning is at year-end.
Collocations
掃除 (souji, cleaning)掃除する大掃除 (oosouji)掃除機 (soujiki, vacuum)掃除当番 (souji-touban)
Mnemonic
Souji (掃除) is "cleaning" — B + cluster (oosouji and souji-touban cultural cluster). Cluster: (1) oosouji (year-end major cleaning — New Year welcoming rite; toshigami invitation rite); (2) souji-touban (school cleaning duty — class rite); (3) shrine grounds cleaning (monk / ujiko rite); (4) types: floor, wiping, sweeping, polishing; (5) soujiki (vacuum cleaner). Korean cheongso / daecheongso parallel and Chinese dasao / dasaochu parallel; Japans solidarity / communal rite depth.
Quick check
Oosouji timing?