• 掃除そうじ

  cleaning, sweeping, dusting, scrubbing

• 掃海そうかい

  sweeping the sea for mines, dragging for mines

• 掃くはく

  to sweep, to brush, to clean

• 掃討そうとう

  cleaning up (enemy remnants), sweeping clean (of opponents), mopping up

• 一掃いっそう

  clean sweep, purging, doing away with, eradication

• 清掃せいそう

  cleaning, clean-up, garbage collection, scavenging

• 掃除機そうじき

  vacuum cleaner, vacuum, hoover

• 大掃除おおそうじ

  major cleanup, spring cleaning

• 掃引そういん

  sweeping, scanning

• 掃滅そうめつ

  wiping out, annihilation

• 掃射そうしゃ

  sweeping with fire, mowing down, strafing

• 掃苔そうたい

  visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival)

• 洒掃さいそう

  scrubbing (with water), cleaning

• 掃除魚そうじうお

  cleaner fish

• 掃除婦そうじふ

  cleaning woman

• 掃除人そうじにん

  janitor, cleaner

• 掃海艇そうかいてい

  minesweeping ship, minesweeper

• 掃除屋そうじや

  cleaner, janitor

• 掃き手はきて

  hand touching the ground resulting in direct loss

• 煤掃きすすはき

  sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year)

• 耳掃除みみそうじ

  ear cleaning, cleaning one's ears

• 床掃除ゆかそうじ

  cleaning the floor

• 清掃員せいそういん

  cleaner, janitor

• 清掃夫せいそうふ

  street cleaner, garbage man

• 清掃車せいそうしゃ

  garbage truck, dustcart, waste collection vehicle

• 庭掃除にわそうじ

  tidying a garden, sweeping the yard, garden work

• 掃き出すはきだす

  to sweep out, to clean out

• 掃き掃除はきそうじ

  sweeping and cleaning

• 掃き溜めはきだめ

  rubbish heap, garbage dump

• 掃除当番そうじとうばん

  one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)

• 掃討作戦そうとうさくせん

  mopping-up operation, search-and-destroy operation

• 掃き立てはきたて

  newly swept (room, etc.)

• 煙突掃除えんとつそうじ

  chimney sweeping (cleaning)

• 機銃掃射きじゅうそうしゃ

  machine-gun fire

• 拭き掃除ふきそうじ

  cleaning, scrubbing

• 風呂掃除ふろそうじ

  cleaning a bath tub

• 清掃用具せいそうようぐ

  cleaning utensils

• 分解掃除ぶんかいそうじ

  overhaul, taking apart and cleaning

• 清掃会社せいそうかいしゃ

  cleaning company

• 清掃工場せいそうこうじょう

  garbage processing plant, waste incineration plant

• 特殊清掃とくしゅせいそう

  special cleaning and disinfection (esp. after an accident or death), biohazard cleanup, crime scene cleanup

• 掃き捨てるはきすてる

  to sweep away, to sweep out

• 掃き寄せるはきよせる

  to sweep up, to sweep into a heap

• 掃き清めるはききよめる

  to sweep clean, to brush clean

• 掃き集めるはきあつめる

  to sweep up together, to sweep into a heap

• 掃き出し窓はきだしまど

  (sliding) glass door, patio door

• トイレ掃除トイレそうじ

  toilet cleaning

• 道路掃除人どうろそうじじん

  street sweeper (person)

• 道路掃除機どうろそうじき

  road sweeping machine

• 煙突掃除夫えんとつそうじふ

  chimney sweep, chimney sweeper