Word Meaning 掃き初め

はきぞめ hakizome

掃き初め is read as はきぞめ (hakizome) and means first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2).

Meaning

English

first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2)
first sweeping

Reading

Kana

はきぞめ

Romaji

hakizome

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 118248 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

掃除

そうじ

cleaning

掃除機

そうじき

cleaning device

掃く

はく

to gather silkworms

掃海

そうかい

sweeping the sea for mines

掃除用具入れ

そうじようぐいれ

cleaning equipment closet

掃除当番

そうじとうばん

one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)

掃除人

そうじにん

janitor

掃き出す

はきだす

to release

掃き手

はきて

hand touching the ground resulting in direct loss

掃立て

はきたて

gathering silkworms from the egg paper

掃除機をかける

そうじきをかける

to vacuum

掃引

そういん

sweeping