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ほうき (houki) Japanese meaning: broom | Kotomora

ほうき

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

A common household broom for sweeping floors.

ほうきで庭にわを掃はいた。

I swept the garden with a broom.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を箒ほうきで掃はくto sweep a place with a broom
毎まい朝あさ、庭にわを箒ほうきで掃はく。
Every morning I sweep the garden with a broom.

Kanji

箒broom
帚broom

Related words

掃そう除じ機き
掃除機 is a vacuum cleaner, while ほうき is a traditional broom.

Counted with

本ほんN5
箒 is typically counted with 本, the counter for long, slender objects.

Word family· 14

手て箒ぼうき
whisk broom; hand broom
メボウキ
sweet basil
箒ほうき木ぎ
common kochia; burning bush; summer cypress
箒ほうき目め
broom marks; sweeping marks

Written forms

ほうきUsage45%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 箒 and 帚 are rare and may not be recognized by all readers.
箒ほうきUsage41%
Kanji form; uncommon in modern writing.
ホウキUsage15%
帚ほうき
Variant kanji form; even less common than 箒.

Etymology

The origin is uncertain; the word is native Japanese and the kanji are conventional associations.

ホウキタケ

clustered coral mushroom; pink-tipped coral mushroom

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ほうきぐさ
common kochia; burning bush; summer cypress
ホウキムシ
phoronid; horseshoe worm
羽はね箒ぼうき
feather duster; feather brush
草くさ箒ぼうき
broom (made of grass or straw)
はけほうき
whisk broom

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