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

Related Words

Antonym: 不燃物(ふねんぶつ) (non-burnable trash)

Compare: 燃(も)えるゴミ (burnable garbage)

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Added 2026.3.14 19:32 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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