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箒ほうき

Kana ほうき Romaji houki

JLPT N2 Common word

Definitions

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

Other forms

帚

Source

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