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有機ゴミ (yuukigomi) Japanese meaning: organic waste | Kotomora

有ゆう機きゴミ

Meanings

1

organic waste

Refers to biodegradable waste such as food scraps, yard trimmings, and other compostable materials. Common in environmental and recycling contexts.

生なまゴミは有ゆう機きゴミとして分ぶん別べつしてください。
Please separate kitchen waste as organic waste.
この地ち域いきでは有ゆう機きゴミを堆たい肥ひ化かしている。
In this area, organic waste is composted.

Kanji

有possess, have, exist
機loom, mechanism, machine

Related words

生なまゴミ
生ゴミ specifically refers to raw kitchen garbage (food scraps), while 有機ゴミ is a broader term for all organic waste including yard waste.
可か燃ねんゴミ
可燃ゴミ means burnable trash, which often includes organic waste but may also contain paper and other combustibles. 有機ゴミ is a subset focused on biodegradability.

Etymology

Compound of 有機 (organic) and ゴミ (trash, waste). 有機 is a Sino-Japanese word (有 'have' + 機 'mechanism; opportunity') that came to mean 'organic' in the scientific sense. ゴミ is a native Japanese word for refuse.