大掃除

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See also: 大扫除

Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
to clear away; to sweep away; to clean with a brush
to clear away; to sweep away; to clean with a brush; to eradicate; to wipe out
trad. (大掃除) 大 掃除
simp. (大扫除) 大 扫除

Pronunciation

Verb

大掃除

  1. to do a general cleaning (especially one at the end of the year); to do a houseclean; to do spring cleaning

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 掃 除
おお
Grade: 1 		そう
Grade: S 		じ
Grade: 6

Noun

大(おお)掃(そう)除(じ) • (ōsōji) 

  1. general cleaning (especially one at the end of the year)

Verb

大(おお)掃(そう)除(じ)する • (ōsōji suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 大(おお)掃(そう)除(じ)し (ōsōji shi), past 大(おお)掃(そう)除(じ)した (ōsōji shita))

  1. clean generally, houseclean

Conjugation

Conjugation of "大掃除する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 大掃除し おおそうじし ōsōji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 大掃除し おおそうじし ōsōji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 大掃除する おおそうじする ōsōji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 大掃除する おおそうじする ōsōji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 大掃除すれ おおそうじすれ ōsōji sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 大掃除せよ¹
大掃除しろ² 		おおそうじせよ¹
おおそうじしろ² 		ōsōji seyo¹
ōsōji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 大掃除される おおそうじされる ōsōji sareru
Causative 大掃除させる
大掃除さす 		おおそうじさせる
おおそうじさす 		ōsōji saseru
ōsōji sasu
Potential 大掃除できる おおそうじできる ōsōji dekiru
Volitional 大掃除しよう おおそうじしよう ōsōji shiyō
Negative 大掃除しない おおそうじしない ōsōji shinai
Negative continuative 大掃除せず おおそうじせず ōsōji sezu
Formal 大掃除します おおそうじします ōsōji shimasu
Perfective 大掃除した おおそうじした ōsōji shita
Conjunctive 大掃除して おおそうじして ōsōji shite
Hypothetical conditional 大掃除すれば おおそうじすれば ōsōji sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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