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二次電池 (にじでんち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に次じ電でん池ち

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Meanings

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noun

rechargeable battery; secondary battery

Technical term used in electronics and engineering; contrasts with 一次電池 (primary battery).

スマートフォンにはリチウムイオン二に次じ電でん池ちが使つかわれている。
Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are used in smartphones.
二に次じ電でん池ちは繰くり返かえし充じゅう電でんできる。
Secondary batteries can be recharged repeatedly.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
次next, order, sequence
電electricity
池

pond, cistern, pool

Similar words

一いち次じ電でん池ち
A primary battery is single-use and cannot be recharged, while a secondary battery is rechargeable.
充じゅう電でん池ち
充電池 is a more everyday term for a rechargeable battery, whereas 二次電池 is the formal technical term.

Etymology

Compound of 二次 (secondary) and 電池 (battery), a calque of the English term 'secondary battery'.