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The servant swept the floor.
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meshitsukai
noun
  1. servant; menial
mesu

masu stem

meshi
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to call; to invite; to send for; to summon
  2. to eat; to drink
  3. to put on; to wear
  4. to ride
  5. to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)
  6. to do
  7. used to show respect (used after the -masu stem of a verb)
tsukai
noun
  1. errand; mission; going as envoy
  2. messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl
  3. familiar spirit
noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix
  1. use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer (often read as づかい when used as a suffix)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
yuka
noun
  1. floor
  2. stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
  3. dining platform built across a river
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
souji
noun, suru verb
  1. cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
suru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shita
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)

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