also: エスエス
noun
Abbreviation for サービスステーション (service station) or ガソリンスタンド (gas station). Used in signs or casual contexts.
See also: ガソリンスタンド
あのSSで給油しよう。
Let's refuel at that gas station.
noun
Baseball term. Abbreviation for ショートストップ (shortstop). Used in scorebooks or casual talk.
See also: 遊撃手
彼は高校野球でSSを守っていた。
He played shortstop in high school baseball.
noun
sporty sedan
Abbreviation for スポーティーセダン (sporty sedan). Used in car classifications or catalogs.
新車のカタログにSSグレードが載っていた。
The new car catalog listed an SS grade.
noun
Abbreviation for スチームシップ (steamship). Used in ship names, e.g., SS Great Britain.
SSマリポサ号は太平洋航路で活躍した。
The SS Mariposa served on the Pacific route.
noun
Abbreviation for シークレットサービス (Secret Service). Refers to the US agency.
See also: シークレットサービス
SSは大統領の警護を担当する。
The Secret Service is responsible for protecting the president.
noun
suspended solids; SS
Abbreviation for 浮遊物質 (suspended solids). Technical term in environmental engineering.
See also: 浮遊物質
排水のSS濃度を測定する。
Measure the SS concentration of the wastewater.
noun
Schutzstaffel; SS
Historical term for the Nazi paramilitary organization. Often used in historical or documentary contexts.
ナチス・ドイツのSSは親衛隊として知られる。
The SS of Nazi Germany is known as the Schutzstaffel.
noun
SS rank (esp. in video games)
Abbreviation for a top-tier rank, often above S rank. Common in games and rankings. Also read ダブルエス.
See also: S
このキャラはSSランクで最強クラスだ。
This character is SS rank and among the strongest.
Full term for the US Secret Service; SS is the abbreviation.
Abbreviation derived from the initial letters of various English terms (Service Station, Shortstop, Sporty Sedan, Steamship, Secret Service, Suspended Solids, Schutzstaffel, and SS rank). The reading エス・エス comes from the English letter names.