Illustration: In a neighborhood metalworking shop, a craftsperson hammers a shallow bowl from a sheet of copper over a rounded steel stake. The unfinished rim still shows its sheet-like origin, while curved offcuts and a flat remaining sheet rest beside it.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

金きん属ぞく

kinzoku

metal

Example sentences

  1. 鉄てつは最もっとも有用ゆうような金属きんぞくです。

    Iron is the most useful metal.

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  2. 酸さんが金属きんぞくを腐食ふしょくした。

    The acid ate into the metal.

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  3. 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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Kanji in 金属

  • 金goldOnキン・コン・ゴンKunかね・かな-
  • 属belong; genusOnゾク・ショクKunさかん・つく・やから

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