充電池(じゅうでんち)

Formed from 充電(じゅうでん) ('charging') + 電池(でんち) ('battery'). In everyday speech, the English-derived loanword バッテリー is equally common, though 充電池(じゅうでんち) is the native Japanese term that explicitly emphasizes the rechargeable aspect.

Common collocations

• 充電池(じゅうでんち)を充電(じゅうでん)する: to charge a rechargeable battery
• 充電池(じゅうでんち)が切(き)れる: for the battery to run out
• 充電池(じゅうでんち)が減(へ)る: for the battery level to decrease
• 充電池(じゅうでんち)交換(こうかん): battery replacement
• リチウムイオン充電池(じゅうでんち): lithium-ion rechargeable battery

Similar words

• 電池(でんち): battery — the general term, including both disposable and rechargeable
• 乾電池(かんでんち): dry-cell (disposable) battery — the standard term for single-use AA/AAA batteries
• バッテリー: battery — loanword, especially common for car batteries and built-in device batteries
• 蓄電池(ちくでんち): storage battery — a more technical term, used for large-scale energy storage

Usage

For the battery in a phone or laptop, バッテリー is more common in everyday speech ('バッテリーが切(き)れた'). 充電池(じゅうでんち) is especially used when contrasting with disposable batteries.