掃除機

掃除機

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掃	除	機
そう Grade: S	じ Grade: 6	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

掃除 (sōji, “to clean”) +‎ 機 (ki, “machine”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) そーじ​き [sòójíꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [so̞ːʑikʲi]

Noun

掃除機 (hiragana そうじき, rōmaji sōjiki, historical hiragana さうぢき)

1. a vacuum cleaner

Synonyms

• 電 (でん)気 (き)掃 (そう)除 (じ)機 (き) (denki sōjiki)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN