Illustration: At a metalworker's bench, an apprentice holds a freshly polished copper saucepan beside a coil of bare copper wire. The same reddish metal is visible on both, and a thin hammered offcut curls beside the saucepan. An older scrap on the bench has a patch of green oxidation.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

銅どう

dou

copper

Example sentences

  1. 銅どうはよく電気でんきを通とおす。

    Copper conducts electricity well.

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  2. 銅どうも銀ぎんも金属きんぞくである。

    Copper and silver are both metals.

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  3. 電線でんせんは銅どうでできている。

    Electricity cables are made of copper.

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Kanji in 銅

  • 銅copperOnドウKunあかがね

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