Vocabulary

What does 消防 (しょうぼう, shoubou) mean?

消防 (しょうぼう, shoubou) means firefighting, fire department.

Quick facts
Readingしょうぼう
Romajishoubou
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
しょうぼう
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonshoubou

firefighting, fire department

  1. 1noun fire fighting
  2. 2noun fire department; fire brigade; firefighter

Example sentences

  • He works as a firefighter.

  • The fire truck sped away.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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