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電気掃除機 (でんきそうじき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん気き掃そう除じ機き

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Meanings

1

electric vacuum cleaner

Standard term for a household vacuum cleaner powered by electricity.

新あたらしい電でん気き掃そう除じ機きはとても静しずかです。

The new electric vacuum cleaner is very quiet.

Kanji

電electricity
気spirit, mind, air
掃sweep, brush
除exclude, division (x/3), remove
機loom, mechanism, machine

Related words

掃そう除じ機き
掃除機 is a more common, shorter term for 'vacuum cleaner', while 電気掃除機 explicitly specifies 'electric'.

Built from

電でん気き+掃そう除じ機き

Etymology

Compound of 電気 (electric) and 掃除機 (vacuum cleaner).