Illustration: At a compact Japanese kitchen counter, a woman holds a freshly opened food can over a small dish. Its cylindrical metal body has distinct rolled rims, and the pull-tab lid is peeled back far enough to reveal the contents. A second unopened can stands beside it with its intact metal top visible.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

缶かん

kan

can, tin

Example sentences

  1. その缶かんを開あける物ものがないんだ。

    I have nothing to open the can with.

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  2. 缶かんは空からっぽだ。

    The can is empty.

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  3. 道みちに缶かんをすてるな。

    Don’t throw away cans on the street.

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Kanji in 缶

  • 缶tin can; containerOnカンKunかま

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