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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

容よう積せき

youseki

volume, capacity

Example sentences

  1. 容積ようせきを計算けいさんするためには縦たてと横よこと深ふかさをかければよい。

    To calculate the capacity, multiply the length by the width by the depth.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 近ちかい将来しょうらい、ゴミ処理費用しょりひようが容積ようせき基準きじゅんで有料化ゆうりょうかされる可能性かのうせいが高たかい。

    We will soon most likely be charged for garbage disposal by how much of it there is.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. さかのぼって江戸時代以前えどじだいいぜんは、「一盃いっぱい」はれっきとした容積ようせき単位たんいであった。

    Going back to the Edo period or before, "ippai" was a unit for volume.

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

Kanji in 容積

  • 容contain; formOnヨウKunいれる
  • 積volume; product (x*y)OnセキKunつむ・つもる・つもり

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