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カーペット (kaapetto) Japanese meaning: carpet | Kotomora

カーペット

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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Refers to a carpet or rug, typically a large floor covering. In Japanese, it can also refer to wall-to-wall carpeting.

リビングに新あたらしいカーペットを敷しいた。

I laid a new carpet in the living room.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉にカーペットを敷しくto lay a carpet in a place
リビングに新あたらしいカーペットを敷しいた。
I laid a new carpet in the living room.
カーペットの上うえに座すわるto sit on a carpet
子こ供どもたちはカーペットの上うえに座すわってテレビを見みていた。
The children were sitting on the carpet watching TV.
カーペットを掃そう除じするto clean/vacuum a carpet
週しゅう末まつにカーペットを掃そう除じ機きで掃そう除じする。
I vacuum the carpet on the weekend.

Related words

絨じゅう毯たんN3
じゅうたん is the traditional Japanese word for a thick, woven rug, while カーペット is the modern loanword often used for wall-to-wall carpeting and sounds more casual or Western.
ラグ
カーペット usually refers to a larger carpet that covers most of the floor, while ラグ is a smaller accent rug.
マット
カーペット refers to a larger carpet covering much or all of a floor, whereas マット is a smaller, single mat placed in one spot.

Opposites

フローリング
カーペット is soft carpet flooring, contrasted with the hard wood surface of フローリング.

Counted with

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

Word family· 7

電でん気きカーペット
electrically heated carpet
ウッドカーペット
wood carpet; wooden floor covering
パンチカーペット
needle-punch carpet; toughened synthetic carpet
ホットカーペット
electric carpet; heated carpet

Etymology

Loanword from English 'carpet'.

ループカーペット

loop carpet

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レッドカーペット
red carpet
シャギーカーペット
shaggy carpet