VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

ごみ

ごみ
hepburn gomi

trash, garbage

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. ごみを捨ててください。
    Please throw out the trash.
  2. 燃えるごみは月曜日です。
    Burnable trash is on Monday.

Collocations

ごみ (gomi, trash)燃えるごみ (moeru-gomi)燃えないごみ (moenai-gomi)資源ごみ (shigen-gomi)粗大ごみ (sodai-gomi)

Mnemonic

Gomi (ごみ) is "trash" — B + cluster (separation-recycling cultural cluster — Japans 5+ category split). Cluster: (1) moeru-gomi (burnable — paper, food); (2) moenai-gomi (non-burnable — metal, glass, ceramics); (3) shigen-gomi (recyclable — PET bottles, cans, paper packs); (4) sodai-gomi (bulky — furniture, appliances, paid); (5) kiken-butsu (hazardous — batteries, lighters, sprays). Municipality-level finer division. Korean 4-way and Chinese 4-way partial; Japans 5+ precise.

Quick check

  1. Japans 5 trash categories?

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