Illustration: At a Japanese community kitchen sink, a volunteer tests two transparent drink dispensers with the same small measuring jug. The tall narrow dispenser is already filled to its safe brim, with three identical jug tokens placed beside it to record the pours.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

容よう量りょう

youryou

capacity, volume

Example sentences

  1. タンクの容量ようりょうは５０ガロンだ。

    The tank has a capacity of fifty-gallons.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あれだけ空あき容量ようりょうがあったのに、もうなくなっている。

    There was so much free space, but it’s all used up now.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 仕込しこみ容器ようきの容量ようりょう測定そくていを行おこなう。

    Measure the capacity of container for preparation.

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

Kanji in 容量

  • 容contain; formOnヨウKunいれる
  • 量quantity; measureOnリョウKunはかる

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