充電池(じゅうでんち)

じゅうでんち
noun
rechargeable battery
1. rechargeable battery
A battery that can be recharged and reused multiple times, as opposed to a single-use disposable battery. Includes both standard-shaped (AA/AAA) rechargeable cells and built-in batteries in devices such as smartphones and laptops.
充電池(じゅうでんち)を使(つか)っている。
I use rechargeable batteries.
充電池(じゅうでんち)は繰(く)り返(かえ)し使(つか)えて経済的(けいざいてき)だ。
Rechargeable batteries can be used over and over and are economical.
最近(さいきん)のスマートフォンの充電池(じゅうでんち)は長時間(ちょうじかん)持(も)つようになっている。
The rechargeable batteries in recent smartphones last for long periods.

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.

Related Words

Synonym: 蓄電池(ちくでんち) (for large-scale storage)
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Added 2026.4.15 2:07 · Revised 2026.4.20 13:12
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