Canned food in Japanese 🇯🇵

かんづめ info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
1. Break the word into two parts: "かん" (kan) and "づめ" (dzume). "かん" (kan) is a common word for "can," and "づめ" (dzume) is a form of the verb "詰める" (tsumeru), which means "to pack" or "to stuff." Remember it as "packed in a can."
2. Associate the sound "kan" with the English word "can" and imagine "packing" food into it.

Explanations:
– The word "かんづめ" (缶詰) literally translates to "packed in a can," which makes it easy to understand why it refers to "canned food."

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 缶入り食品 (かんいりしょくひん, kan'iri shokuhin) – This means "canned food" but is less commonly used.

Alternate meanings like slang:
– There's no significant slang usage for "かんづめ" in common language, but it can be used metaphorically to describe a situation where someone is "shut in" or confined to a space, like for intensive work.

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 缶詰を買いました。
– (かんづめをかいました。)
– "I bought canned food."

2. 魚の缶詰は便利です。
– (さかなのかんづめはべんりです。)
– "Canned fish is convenient."

3. 彼は小説の締め切りのためにかんづめ状態になっています。
– (かれはしょうせつのしめきりのためにかんづめじょうたいになっています。)
– "He is in a 'canned' state because of his novel's deadline." (Meaning he is confined or shut in to make his deadline.)

4. 非常食として、いくつかの缶詰を保存しています。
– (ひじょうしょくとして、いくつかのかんづめをほぞんしています。)
– "I store several canned foods as emergency provisions."

Romanized characters:
– kanzume

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