空き缶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	缶
あ Grade: 1	かん Grade: S
yutōyomi

Alternative spellings
空き罐 (kyūjitai) 空缶

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あきカン [àkíkáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠kʲikã̠ɴ]

Noun

空(あ)き缶(かん) • (akikan)

empty can (container)
怒(いか)りに任(まか)せて空(あ)き缶(かん)を蹴(け)った。
Ikari ni makasete akikan o ketta.
I kicked the empty aluminum can out of anger.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN