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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

小しょう便べん

shouben

urine

A blunt term; 尿 is standard in medical contexts. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 「小便しょうべんが琥珀色こはくいろだと言いわれたら、脱水症状だっすいしょうじょうだ」

    "When they say your pee is amber-colored, that means you’re dehydrated."

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 小便しょうべん器きが設置せっちされている部分ぶぶんは仕切しきりで区切くぎってない場合ばあいが多おおく、同おなじ広ひろさの空間くうかんでも設置台数せっちだいすうを多おおくすることができる。

    The areas where urinals are installed often have no partitions, allowing more of them to fit in a space of the same size.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. なお、立たち小便しょうべんは現在げんざいでも行おこなわれているが、これは日本にっぽんに限かぎった話はなしではなく、ベルギーの小便小僧しょうべんこぞうに見みられるように、世界各地せかいかくちで行おこなわれていることである。

    People still urinate while standing today, but this is not unique to Japan; as the Manneken Pis statue in Belgium shows, people do so around the world.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 小便

  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
  • 便convenience; facilityOnベン・ビンKunたより

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