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掃除機

掃除器

Reading

Kana: そうじき
Romaji: soujiki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

cleaner (usu. vacuum cleaner)

Kanji

Readings: ソウ、 シュ、 は.く
Meanings: sweep, brush
Readings: ジョ、 ジ、 のぞ.く、 -よ.け
Meanings: exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: キ、 うつわ
Meanings: utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set

Example Sentences

掃除機(そうじき)()してもらえますか。
➥May I use the vacuum cleaner?
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この掃除機(そうじき)非常(ひじょう)にうるさい(おと)がする。
➥This vacuum cleaner makes a lot of noise.
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部屋(へや)がほこりっぽいのは掃除機(そうじき)のせい?
➥Is it the vacuum cleaner's fault that the room is dusty?
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彼女(かのじょ)はスーパーで掃除機(そうじき)()った。
➥She bought a Hoover at the supermarket.
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(わたし)(ゆか)のほこりを掃除機(そうじき)()()った。
➥I sucked up the dust on the floor with a vacuum cleaner.
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(かれ)新型(しんがた)掃除機(そうじき)実物(じつぶつ)()せて説明(せつめい)した。
➥He demonstrated new vacuum cleaners.
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