VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

掃除

そうじ
hepburn souji

cleaning, to clean

Part of speech · noun / suru-verb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 部屋を掃除します。
    I clean the room.
  2. 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

  1. Oosouji timing?

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