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掃き初め

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 掃き初め.

Dictionary

Entry

掃き初めはきぞめNoun
1

Rare term

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

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

sweep, brush

11 strokesFrequency 1,255JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ソウシュ

Kun

は.く

Nanori

first time, beginning

7 strokesFrequency 152JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ショ

Kun

はじ.めはじ.めてはつはつ-うい--そ.める-ぞ.め

Nanori

はっ

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