燃もえるゴミ

Meanings

1

expression, noun

burnable garbage; combustible waste

Refers to household waste that can be incinerated, as opposed to non-burnable or recyclable trash. Common in municipal waste sorting terminology.

燃もえるゴミは毎まい週しゅう火か曜よう日びに出だしてください。
Please put out burnable garbage every Tuesday.
燃もえるゴミと燃もえないゴミを分わけてください。
Please separate burnable and non-burnable garbage.

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Kanji

燃burn, blaze, glow

Related words

可か燃ねんごみN2
可燃ごみ is the formal municipal/administrative term for burnable trash, while 燃えるごみ is the everyday colloquial term people use in daily conversation.

Opposites

燃もえないゴミN3
燃えるゴミ is burnable household waste like paper or food scraps, while 燃えないゴミ is non-burnable waste like metal or ceramics that cannot be incinerated.

Don't confuse with

粗そ大だいごみN2
燃えるごみ is combustible household waste collected on regular days, unlike 粗大ごみ, which is oversized items requiring special pickup and a fee.
資し源げんごみN2
資源ごみ is waste sorted out for recycling (paper, cans, bottles), while 燃えるごみ is ordinary burnable trash collected on a different day.
生なまゴミN3
生ゴミ is wet organic food waste specifically, while 燃えるゴミ is the broader category of burnable trash that can include paper and other combustibles.

Written forms

燃もえるゴミ
Standard mixed kanji-katakana spelling commonly seen on garbage collection signs and schedules.
燃もえるごみ
Hiragana variant for ごみ; equally common in municipal contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 燃える (moeru, 'to burn') and ゴミ (gomi, 'garbage'). A straightforward modern term for burnable waste.