Illustration: Beside the sink in a Japanese apartment kitchen, a man holds an opened beverage can completely upside down above his glass, but nothing comes out. He peers at the opening with mild disappointment, giving the can one final hopeful tilt.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

空あき缶かん

akikan

empty can

Example sentences

  1. トムは娘むすめの部屋へやでビールの空あき缶かんを見みつけた。

    Tom found an empty beer can in his daughter’s bedroom.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 空あき缶かんがその場所ばしょのあちこちに散ちらばっていた。

    Empty cans were scattered about the place.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 登山道とざんどうに空あき缶かんやゴミを捨すてるのはやめてほしい。

    I wish people would stop throwing away empty cans and other trash along the path up the mountain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 空缶

  • 空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
  • 缶tin can; containerOnカンKunかま

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