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Learn Hardcore Japanese: akikan - an empty can

Hardcore Japanese
/Sorting household waste
/akikan

akikan

Word

空あき缶かんakikan

Meaning

an empty can

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Sorting household waste

Usages of akikan

空あき缶かん　は　ここ　です。akikan wa koko desu.

The empty can is here.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

分別表ぶんべつひょう　に　よる　と、　空あき缶かん　と　古紙こし　は　資源しげんごみ　です。bunbetsuhyou ni yoru to, akikan to koshi wa shigengomi desu.

According to the sorting chart, empty cans and waste paper are recyclable waste.

空あき缶かん　と　容器ようき　を　すすぎ、　つぶして、　ごみ　を　減量げんりょうします。akikan to youki o susugi, tsubushite, gomi o genryoushimasu.

I rinse and crush empty cans and containers to reduce waste.

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