掃

to sweep up; to sweep into a heap

minesweeping ship; minesweeper

to sweep away; to sweep out

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

newly swept (room, etc.)

Common noun

gathering silkworms from the egg paper

sweeping; scanning

cleaner fish

Sumo

hand touching the ground resulting in direct loss

Rare term

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

to pay (e.g. money, bill)

to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)

to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)

to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of

to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)

to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert

to move out (of one's own place); to vacate

to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside

to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)

to reset (an abacus)

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

major cleanup; spring cleaning

ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears

cleaning; scrubbing

toilet cleaning

cleaner; janitor

cleaning a bath tub

machine-gun fire

scrubbing (with water); cleaning

tidying a garden; sweeping the yard; garden work

cleaning the floor

chimney sweeping (cleaning)

cleaning company

cleaning utensils