Translation guide
The English word "sweeper" can refer to a person who sweeps, a cleaning tool, or a position in sports. This guide covers how to express these meanings naturally in Japanese.
Referring to a person whose job or action is sweeping floors or streets.
A male cleaner or sweeper, often used for janitorial staff.
He is a sweeper at the school.
A device or tool used to sweep floors, such as a broom or mechanical sweeper.
A broom, the most common manual sweeping tool.
In soccer, a defensive player who sweeps up loose balls behind the main defenders.
A female cleaner or sweeper.
The sweeper is sweeping the hallway.
A more general term for cleaning staff, including sweepers.
The sweeper cleans the office every morning.
Specifically a street sweeper.
The street sweeper is collecting fallen leaves.
ほうきで床を掃いてください。
Please sweep the floor with the sweeper.
Vacuum cleaner; often used for indoor sweeping, though it's not a traditional sweeper.
I use the sweeper to pick up dirt from the carpet.
A mop, often used for sweeping and cleaning floors.
Please mop the floor with the sweeper.
Loanword from English, used for mechanical sweepers or in specific contexts like carpet sweepers.
In the factory, they use a sweeper to clean the floor.
The standard term for the sweeper position in soccer.
He plays as a sweeper for the team.
Italian term also used in Japanese soccer contexts, similar to sweeper.
The sweeper organizes the defense at the back line.