Illustration: At an apartment building’s recycling collection area, a resident lowers a tightly tied bundle of used paper onto a handcart beside flattened cardboard boxes and opened, rinsed milk cartons. The papers have their blank reverse sides facing outward.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

古こ紙し

koshi

paper for recycling

Example sentences

  1. 新聞しんぶんは古紙こしとして出だしてください。

    Please put newspapers out for paper recycling.

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  2. この箱はこに古紙こしを集あつめています。

    I’m collecting paper for recycling in this box.

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  3. 古紙こしの回収日かいしゅうびは毎週水曜日まいしゅうすいようびです。

    Paper recycling is collected every Wednesday.

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Kanji in 古紙

  • 古oldOnコKunふるい・ふる-
  • 紙paperOnシKunかみ

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