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びん

N4bottle · jar

Examples

空の瓶を洗って花を挿した。

棚から青い瓶を一つ取り出した。

Included kanji

Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: The single kanji , read びん, denotes a bottle or jar.
  • Basic usage: denotes a bottle or jar used as a container.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Container and contents
    • The predicate after 瓶を determines whether the action concerns the container itself or, by context, what is inside it.

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