空気入(くうきい)れ くうきいれ noun air pump; inflator tool 1. air pump; inflator; tire pump A device used to pump air into tires, balls, inflatable items, and similar objects. 空気入(くうきい)れを貸(か)してください。🔊 Please lend me the air pump. 自転車(じてんしゃ)のタイヤに空気入(くうきい)れで空気(くうき)を入(い)れた。🔊 I pumped air into the bicycle tire with an air pump. 学校(がっこう)の体育倉庫(たいいくそうこ)にボール用(よう)の空気入(くうきい)れがある。🔊 There's a ball pump in the school gym storage room. Compound of 空気(くうき) (air) + 入(い)れ (putting in), literally "air inserter." A practical everyday word for the tool used to inflate tires and balls.Common collocations空気入(くうきい)れで空気(くうき)を入(い)れる: to pump air with an air pump自転車(じてんしゃ)の空気入(くうきい)れ: bicycle pump手動(しゅどう)空気入(くうきい)れ: manual air pump電動(でんどう)空気入(くうきい)れ: electric air pumpRelated words空気(くうき)を入(い)れる: to inflate, to pump air intoポンプ: pump (general loanword) Related Words Related: ポンプ (pump) Related: ゴムボート (rubber dinghy) general Added 2026.4.3 5:21 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29 21500/21653_kuukiire