| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 掃除機 | そうじき | vacuum cleaner |
| 掃除 | そうじ | cleaning, sweeping |
| 削除 | さくじょ | elimination, cancellation, deletion, erasure |
| 除く | のぞく | to remove, to exclude, to except |
| 除雪車 | じょせつしゃ | snowplow |
| 免除 | めんじょ | exemption, exoneration, discharge |
| 基礎控除 | きそこうじょ | basic or standard deduction |
| 大掃除 | おおそうじ | major cleanup, spring cleaning |
| 排除 | はいじょ | exclusion, removal, rejection, elimination, abatement, lifting (sanctions, etc.) |
| 控除 | こうじょ | subtraction, deduction (e.g. tax), subsidy |
| 真空掃除機 | しんくうそうじき | vacuum cleaner |
| 解除 | かいじょ | cancellation, rescinding, release, calling off, lifting (sanctions), delisting |
| 除いて | のぞいて | except, save |
| 除去 | じょきょ | removal, getting rid of |
| 除名 | じょめい | expulsion, excommunication |
| 除外 | じょがい | exception, exclusion |
| 除湿 | じょしつ | dehumidification |
| 除草 | じょそう | weeding |
| 駆除 | くじょ | extermination, expulsion, destruction |