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.
彼は学校の掃除夫です。
He is a sweeper at the school.
A female cleaner or sweeper.
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.
The sweeper is sweeping the hallway.
A more general term for cleaning staff, including sweepers.
清掃員が毎朝オフィスを掃除します。
The sweeper cleans the office every morning.
Specifically a street sweeper.
道路清掃人が落ち葉を集めています。
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.
掃除機でカーペットのごみを吸い取ります。
I use the sweeper to pick up dirt from the carpet.
A mop, often used for sweeping and cleaning floors.
モップで床を拭いてください。
Please mop the floor with the sweeper.
Loanword from English, used for mechanical sweepers or in specific contexts like carpet sweepers.
工場ではスイーパーを使って床を清掃します。
In the factory, they use a sweeper to clean the floor.
The standard term for the sweeper position in soccer.
彼はチームのスイーパーとしてプレーしています。
He plays as a sweeper for the team.
Italian term also used in Japanese soccer contexts, similar to sweeper.
リベロが最終ラインで守備を統率します。
The sweeper organizes the defense at the back line.