noun
gas fuel; town gas; natural gas
The everyday fuel used for cooking, heating, or utilities; often appears in phrases such as ガス代, ガス栓, and ガスを止める.
from Dutch · from English
この部屋はガスでお湯を沸かします。
This room heats water with gas.
地震のあと、しばらくガスが止まった。
After the earthquake, the gas was cut off for a while.
noun
gas; gaseous state
Scientific or general use for a substance in the gaseous state, corresponding to 気体.
See also: 気体
水蒸気は水がガスになったものです。
Water vapor is water that has become a gas.
noun
poison gas; toxic gas
Used for harmful or weaponized gas; 毒ガス is the clearer full expression.
See also: 毒ガス
工場から有毒なガスが漏れた。
Toxic gas leaked from the factory.
兵士たちは毒ガスに備えてマスクを着けた。
The soldiers put on masks in preparation for poison gas.
noun
thick fog; dense mist
Common in mountain, skiing, and outdoor contexts for fog or mist that reduces visibility.
山頂付近はガスが濃くて何も見えない。
Near the summit, the fog is so thick that we cannot see anything.
noun
gas stove; gas cooker; gas range
Abbreviated household use for ガスコンロ or a gas cooking stove; the full word is clearer in careful writing.
See also: ガスコンロ
ガスに鍋をかけたまま台所を離れないでください。
Please do not leave the kitchen while a pot is on the gas stove.
noun
Use for automobile fuel is limited in Japanese; ガソリン is the normal standalone word, while ガス survives naturally in compounds such as ガス欠.
高速道路でガス欠になってしまった。
I ran out of gas on the expressway.
noun
intestinal gas; flatulence; wind
Colloquial body-related use for gas in the stomach or intestines; less blunt than directly saying おなら in many contexts.
お腹にガスがたまって苦しい。
I feel uncomfortable because I have gas in my stomach.
noun
gassed yarn
Specialized textile abbreviation associated with ガス糸, yarn treated by singeing off fuzz with a gas flame.
See also: ガス糸
この生地には、毛羽の少ないガス糸が使われている。
This fabric uses gassed yarn with little fuzz.
The native/Sino-Japanese scientific term for a gaseous state; ガス is broader and also covers fuel, fog, stove, and other everyday uses.
The normal Japanese word for gasoline or petrol; ガス in this sense is limited and most natural in compounds such as ガス欠.
The full, clearer word for a gas stove or gas burner; ガス alone is an abbreviated household expression.
The explicit word for poison gas; ガス alone can imply toxic gas only when the context makes that clear.
Loanword from Dutch gas and/or English gas. The kanji spelling 瓦斯 is rare phonetic ateji rather than the normal spelling.