可燃物(かねんぶつ)

かねんぶつ
noun
combustible material; burnable trash
1. combustible material; burnable trash; flammable item
Materials that can burn. In everyday Japanese life, most commonly refers to burnable garbage in the context of waste sorting.
可燃物(かねんぶつ)は火曜日(かようび)に出(だ)してください。
Please put out burnable trash on Tuesdays.
ゴミを可燃物(かねんぶつ)と不燃物(ふねんぶつ)に分(わ)けなければならない。
You have to separate garbage into burnable and non-burnable items.
引(ひ)っ越(こ)してきたばかりで、可燃物(かねんぶつ)の収集日(しゅうしゅうび)がまだわからない。
I just moved in and don't know the burnable trash collection day yet.

USAGE:
Essential vocabulary for daily life in Japan, where garbage separation is strictly enforced. 可燃物(かねんぶつ) (also called 可燃(かねん)ゴミ or 燃(も)えるゴミ) includes paper, food scraps, and some plastics. Each municipality has specific rules.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 可燃物(かねんぶつ)の日(ひ) (burnable trash day)
  • 可燃物(かねんぶつ)収集(しゅうしゅう) (burnable trash collection)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 不燃物(ふねんぶつ): non-burnable trash — glass, metals, ceramics
  • 燃(も)えるゴミ: burnable garbage — casual, everyday equivalent
  • 資源(しげん)ゴミ: recyclable waste — a separate category
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