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雑巾

Dust Cloth


Meaning

Dust Cloth, House Cloth

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A miscellaneous cloth is a dust cloth or house cloth. It's just a cloth that you use on random things.


Reading

ぞうきん

Explanation

The reading of 雑 is different from what you've learned. Instead of ざつ it's ぞう. Just imagine using this dust cloth to wipe down a 象 (ぞう). Its trunk is particularly dusty.


Context

Context Sentences

コウイチに雑巾を売り込もうと電話を掛けたんだけど、全く相手にされなかったよ。

I called Koichi trying to sell him our dust cloth, but he didn’t want anything to do with me.


Kanji Composition