also: エスエス
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
Let's refuel at that gas station.
Baseball term. Abbreviation for ショートストップ (shortstop). Used in scorebooks or casual talk.
See also: 遊撃手
sporty sedan
Abbreviation for スポーティーセダン (sporty sedan). Used in car classifications or catalogs.
The new car catalog listed an SS grade.
Abbreviation for スチームシップ (steamship). Used in ship names, e.g., SS Great Britain.
Schutzstaffel; SS
Historical term for the Nazi paramilitary organization. Often used in historical or documentary contexts.
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
This character is SS rank and among the strongest.
He played shortstop in high school baseball.
The SS Mariposa served on the Pacific route.
The Secret Service is responsible for protecting the president.
Measure the SS concentration of the wastewater.
The SS of Nazi Germany is known as the Schutzstaffel.
シークレットサービス is the full name of the US Secret Service, while ＳＳ is its casual abbreviation.
浮遊物質 is the technical Japanese term for suspended solids, while ＳＳ is the abbreviation used in engineering contexts.
counter for places
Standard abbreviation written in full-width Latin letters. The reading is エス・エス.
Search-only kana form without the interpunct. Not a standard written form.
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.