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石鹸
Meaning in Englishsoap
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What it means
石鹸 means soap, a cleansing product used to wash skin and other materials. It refers to a solid bar or liquid preparation that lathers with water to remove dirt and grease.
Main meanings
- Soap as a cleansing agent for skin, especially hands and body
- Available in solid bar form or as a liquid
- Used in daily hygiene and basic cleaning routines
How to use it
Used for personal hygiene and general cleaning; appropriate in casual conversation, product labeling, and instructional text. Common contexts include washing hands, showering, skincare routines, and household cleaning tasks; sentences often refer to types like bar soap or liquid soap without changing meaning.
Variants and close terms
- 石けん, sekken, kana spelling variant with same meaning
- シャボン, shabon, loanword variant used in some contexts or older language; same meaning
Composition
- 石 means stone or rock
- 鹸 is a kanji used in compounds related to cleansing; together they form the lexical unit meaning cleansing soap
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Noun (名詞)
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