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掃除

そうじ

cleaning

Mnemonic

Sweep the place out and then take away whatever the broom turned up. Every single day, apparently, and a sausage そうじ under the sofa every time: そうじ.

Built from

sweep
扌 a hand on the left with 帚 a broom in it, the same broom that stands on the right of 帰.
remove, exclude
阝 hill + 余 surplus

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