Japanese

かびん
Meaning: vase
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

花
瓶

Example sentences

There is a beautiful vase on the desk.
庭に咲いたきれいな花を摘んで、花瓶に飾った。
I picked the beautiful flowers blooming in the garden and decorated them in a vase.
激しい地震の揺れで、棚の上の花瓶が落ちてしまった。
The vase on the shelf fell due to the intense shaking of the earthquake.
彼女は高価な花瓶を細心の注意を払って扱った。
She handled the expensive vase with meticulous care.
市場で美しい陶器の花瓶を買った。
I bought a beautiful pottery vase at the market.
花瓶に花を挿す。
To put flowers in a vase.
その花瓶は、左右に一対置かれている。
Those vases are placed as a pair on the left and right.
花瓶の花がしぼんでしまった
The flowers in the vase have withered.
古い花瓶は床に落ちて木っ端微塵に砕けた。
The old vase fell to the floor and shattered into tiny pieces.
この花瓶には本物そっくりの造花が飾られている。
This vase is decorated with realistic artificial flowers.

Usage Notes

A container used for displaying cut flowers. Usually made of ceramic, glass, or metal.

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