Illustration: At a household washbasin, a child rubs a smooth oval bar of soap between wet palms. Thick lather gathers around the bar and between their fingers, while faint garden dirt is still visible near one wrist.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

石せっ鹸けん

sekken

soap

Example sentences

  1. 石鹸せっけんがないよ。

    There’s no soap.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 石鹸せっけん、取とって。

    Give me the soap.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 手ては石鹸せっけんで洗あらったよ。

    I washed my hands with soap.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 石鹸

  • 石stoneOnセキ・シャク・コクKunいし
  • 鹸saltinessOnケン・カン・センKunあく

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