Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese living room, a father holds a toy train upside down with its battery compartment open. His daughter offers a fresh cylindrical battery, its raised terminal clearly visible, while a second cell already sits against the compartment’s spring.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

乾かん電でん池ち

kandenchi

dry cell battery

Example sentences

  1. 1.5V乾電池かんでんちを直接触ちょくせつさわっただけでは感電死かんでんしすることはないでしょう。

    You’re not going to get electrocuted just by directly touching a 1.5V battery.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 乾電池かんでんちを探さがしているのですが。

    I’m looking for batteries.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この乾電池かんでんち、わりと持もつじゃん。

    This battery lasts quite a while, doesn’t it?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 乾電池

  • 乾drought; dryOnカン・ケンKunかわく・かわかす・ほす
  • 電electricityOnデン
  • 池pond; cisternOnチKunいけ

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