N2792/1725

栓せん

nounnoun (generic)

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せん

Meanings

stopper, cork, plug, bung
tap, faucet, stopcock

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Example sentences

瓶びんの栓せんを開あけてください。

Please open the stopper of the bottle.

風呂ふろの栓せんを抜ぬき忘わすれた。

I forgot to pull out the bath plug.

水道すいどうの栓せんをしっかり閉しめないと水みずが漏もれますよ。

If you don't close the faucet tightly, water will leak.

ワインの栓せんが固かたくてなかなか抜ぬけなかった。

The wine cork was so tight that it wouldn't come out easily.

古ふるい配管はいかんの栓せんが錆さびついてしまい、専門せんもんの業者ぎょうしゃに交換こうかんを依頼いらいすることになった。

The stopcock of the old pipe had rusted shut, so we ended up having to ask a specialist to replace it.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)