How to say 'Gas station' in Japanese | ガソリンスタンド

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The Japanese word for Gas station is 'Gasorinsutando', written as ガソリンスタンド in Japanese.

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ガソリンスタンド

Meaning

Gas station

Reading

Gasorinsutando

Explanation

The Japanese noun 'ガソリンスタンド (gasorinsutando)' refers to a 'gas station' or 'petrol station', where vehicles can refuel with gasoline or petrol. This term is a direct loanword from English, adapted into Japanese phonetics. It is commonly used in everyday conversation when referring to places to fill up a car's fuel tank. For example: I need to stop by the gas station「ガソリンスタンドに寄る必要がある」(ガソリンスタンドによるひつようがある). The gas station is closed「ガソリンスタンドは閉まっている」(ガソリンスタンドはしまっている).

Part Of Speech

noun

Frequency

1391

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word ガソリンスタンド

This word contains 7 Katakana characters :

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ガ

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katakana

ソ

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リ

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ン

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ス

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タ

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ド

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'Gasorinsutando' means 'Gas station' .

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