General term for a rigid container with a narrow neck, used for liquids, preserves, or small items. Covers bottles, jars, decanters, and similar vessels.
There are three bottles of beer in the fridge.
祖母は梅酒を大きな瓶に漬けている。
My grandmother is steeping plum wine in a large jar.
The bottle cap won't open easily.
I dropped it and the bottle shattered.
I store the honey by putting it in a jar.
I returned the empty beer bottles to the shop.
ビン (bottle) differs from ピン only by a dakuten and is unrelated in meaning, so the two are easy to misread in katakana.
bottling; putting into bottles · bottled; in a bottle
small bottle
thermos; vacuum flask
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
beer bottle
bottled beer; bottle beer
large bottle
iron kettle; cast-iron kettle
urine bottle; bedpan; chamber pot (medical); urinal
earthenware teapot
empty bottle
one bottle
medium-sized bottle (of beer)
Okinawan portable ceramic sake jug
dropper bottle; dropping bottle
bottle-shaped; bottle-type
binkake (tea ceremony kettle stand)
broken bottle; bottle breakage
teapot
medicine bottle; vial
Rarely used kanji form.
Rarely used kanji form.