食器を

the dishes

→ 食器
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the dishes 食器 means dishes or tableware, and を marks it as the object of the following verb. This phrase usually appears before verbs such as 洗う (wash), 片付ける (put away), or 運ぶ (carry).
JA: 食器を洗ってから、テレビを見ました。
EN: After washing the dishes, I watched TV.

汚れた食器を洗うのを手伝いましょうか

Shall I help you wash the dirty dishes?

食器を台所に運んで

Please take the dishes to the kitchen.

ちょうど食器を片付けたあと玄関のベルが鳴るのをジョーン聞いた

Just after she had put away the dishes, Joan heard the doorbell ring.

食器を洗え

Wash the dishes.

— 道 (1954)

私は食器を洗っています

I’m washing the dishes.