水槽
すいそう · suisou (also spelled suiso)
Water tank, cistern
- fish tank, aquarium
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How it’s used
Concrete everyday noun for a kitchen sink or a home fish tank; never the abstract idea of an aquarium.
Not to be confused with 水族館 (suizokukan), which means public aquarium.
Example sentences
台所の水槽に皿を入れてください。
Please put the dishes in the kitchen sink.
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新しい水槽に金魚を入れました。
I put goldfish in the new fish tank.
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この魚は、水槽から飛び出しそうだ。
このさかなは、すいそうからとびだしそうだ。
This fish looks like it might jump out of the tank.
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What does 水槽 mean?
Water tank, cistern. It can also mean: fish tank, aquarium.
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すいそう (suisou). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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