し尿にょう

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にょ

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Meanings

1

human waste; excreta; night soil

Technical term for human feces and urine, often used in sanitation, waste treatment, and public health contexts. し尿 is the most common written form.

し尿にょう処しょ理り施し設せつの整せい備びが急いそがれている。
The development of human waste treatment facilities is urgently needed.
災さい害がい時じにはし尿にょうの衛えい生せい管かん理りが重じゅう要ようになる。
During disasters, sanitary management of human waste becomes important.

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Usage patterns

し尿にょうを処しょ理りするto treat/process human waste
この施し設せつではし尿にょうを処しょ理りしている。
This facility processes human waste.
し尿にょうを収しゅう集しゅうするto collect human waste
業ぎょう者しゃが定てい期き的てきにし尿にょうを収しゅう集しゅうしに来くる。
A contractor comes regularly to collect the human waste.

Kanji

尿urine
屎shit, excrement

Related words

糞ふん尿にょう
糞尿 is a blunter, less technical word for feces and urine often used for livestock waste, while し尿 is the formal term used in sanitation and public-health contexts.
排はい泄せつ物ぶつ
排泄物 is a broader term covering all bodily excretions (including sweat), while し尿 refers specifically to feces and urine together.

Written forms

し尿にょうUsage95%
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling commonly used in sanitation and public health contexts.
屎し尿にょうUsage5%
Full kanji spelling; less common and may appear more technical or formal.

Etymology

Compound of 屎 (し, 'feces') and 尿 (にょう, 'urine'). The spelling し尿 uses the kana し for the first character, likely to avoid the less common kanji 屎.