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Japanese

ほうき

Romaji houki

JLPT N2 Common word

01

箒 ほうき · houki

JLPT N2 Common word 帚

01noun

usually kana

broom

Examples

彼女はほうきで部屋を掃除する。

She sweeps the room with a broom.

Tatoeba #91553

酔っ払っておそく家に帰ったかどで、怒った女房は亭主に食ってかかり、箒で亭主をひっぱたいた。

The angry wife was on the warpath; she hit her husband with a broom for coming home late and drunk.

Tatoeba #143592

02

放棄 ほうき · houki

JLPT N1 Common word 抛棄 (rarely used kanji form)

01noun · suru verb · transitive

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender; relinquishing; waiving; giving up

Examples

日本国民は戦争を放棄している。

The Japanese people have renounced war.

Tatoeba #122318

その計画は放棄された。

The plans were discarded.

Tatoeba #211225

彼はその考えを放棄した。

He abandoned the idea.

Tatoeba #112883

03

法規 ほうき · houki

Common word

01noun

laws and regulations; legislation

Examples

我々は交通法規を守らなければならない。

We must observe the traffic regulations.

Tatoeba #185862

道路法規は厳重に守らなければならない。

The rule of the road must be strictly observed.

Tatoeba #123495

政府はこれらの法規を廃止すべきである。

The government should do away with these regulations.

Tatoeba #143136

04

宝器 ほうき · houki

JLPT N1

01noun

treasured article or vessel; outstanding individual

05

蜂起 ほうき · houki

01noun · suru verb · intransitive

Examples

小作人達は領主に反抗して蜂起した。

The peasants rose up in rebellion against the ruler.

Tatoeba #146962

06

芳紀 ほうき · houki

01noun

age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriageable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen

07

芳気 ほうき · houki

01noun

fragrant scent

08

宝亀 ほうき · houki

01noun

Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)

09

伯耆 ほうき · houki

01noun

historical term

Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

Source

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