掃そう除じ屋や

noun

cleaner; janitor

Refers to a person whose job is cleaning, such as a janitor or professional cleaner. Can be used for both commercial and residential cleaning staff.

• ビルの掃そう除じ屋やさんが毎まい朝あさ廊ろう下かをきれいにしている。

  The building's janitor cleans the hallway every morning.

• 引ひっ越こしの後あと、掃そう除じ屋やを呼よんで部屋へやを徹てっ底てい的てきに掃そう除じしてもらった。

  After moving out, I called a cleaner and had them thoroughly clean the room.

noun

night soil collector

Archaic term for a person who collected human waste for use as fertilizer. No longer used in modern contexts except in historical descriptions.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには掃そう除じ屋やが町まちのし尿にょうを集あつめて肥ひ料りょうとして売うっていた。

  In the Edo period, night soil collectors gathered human waste from the town and sold it as fertilizer.