How to say 'Bottle opener' in Japanese | 栓抜き

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The Japanese word for Bottle opener is 'Sennuki', written as 栓抜き in Japanese.'Bottle opener' in hiragana is せんぬき.

word

栓抜き

Meaning

Bottle opener

Reading

せんぬき

sennuki

Kanji

栓Plug, Stopper 抜Pluck, Extract

Explanation

The Japanese noun '栓抜き (せんぬき)' refers to a 'bottle opener', a tool used to remove caps or corks from bottles. It is commonly used in everyday situations, such as opening beer or soda bottles. For example: I need a bottle opener to open this beer「このビールを開けるために栓抜きが必要です」(このビールをあけるためにせんぬきがひつようです). He bought a new bottle opener「彼は新しい栓抜きを買いました」(かれはあたらしいせんぬきをかいました). The word is a combination of '栓 (せん)', meaning 'stopper' or 'cork', and '抜き (ぬき)', meaning 'removal'.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

7432

Composition

kanji-hiragana

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 栓抜き

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

栓

Meaning

Plug, Stopper

kanji

抜

Meaning

Pluck, Extract

Hiragana in the Word 栓抜き

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

hiragana

き

Reading

Words Related to 栓抜き Through the Kanji 抜

These 5 Words contain the Kanji 抜 as well.

word

抜く

Meaning

Remove, Surpass

word

抜ける

Meaning

Escape, Come out

word

追い抜く

Meaning

Overtake

word

抜き

Meaning

Without

word

見抜く

Meaning

See through

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'Sennuki' means 'Bottle opener' .

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