煤掃き
すすはき
- sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) n
Kanji
煤
バイ • マイ
すす
soot; smoke dried
掃
ソウ • シュ
は.く
sweep; brush
Synonyms
神
かみ しん じん み かむ かん
- god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami n
- incredible; fantastic; amazing n-pref n sl
- emperor of Japan n hon arch
- thunder n arch
- spirit; psyche n
- god; deity; divinity; kami n
- soul; spirit; divine spirit n arch
- divine; godly n-pref
すす払い
すすはらい
- cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning n
- (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring) n