Illustration: In a home kitchen, a kettle boils on an induction hob. Immediately beyond its spout is a short clear gap, followed by a curling white plume. An adult uses a long handle to hold a cool metal lid above the plume, where fresh droplets collect across the underside and begin falling into a bowl.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

水すい蒸じょう気き

suijouki

water vapor, steam

Example sentences

  1. 熱ねつは水みずを水蒸気すいじょうきに変かえる。

    Heat turns water into steam.

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  2. 水みずは沸騰ふっとうすると水蒸気すいじょうきになる。

    Water turns into steam when it is boiled.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ただし、水みずをまく時間じかんをあやまると、水蒸気すいじょうきがあがりよけいに蒸むし暑あつくなるということもある。

    However, if water is sprinkled at wrong time, it may become more muggy due to water vapor.

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

Kanji in 水蒸気

  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-
  • 蒸steam; heatOnジョウ・セイKunむす・むれる・むらす
  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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