清掃せいそう Common Noun Irregular Transitive English jmdict 1 noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru transitive verb cleaning;clean-up;garbage collection;scavenging 美術館の東の陳列棟は清掃のため閉鎖されていた。 The museum's eastern gallery was closed for cleaning.