also: からびん
noun
empty bottle
A bottle that has been emptied of its contents. Commonly used in contexts like recycling, waste disposal, or reusing containers.
空き瓶をリサイクルに出した。
I put out the empty bottles for recycling.
この空き瓶は何かに使えるかもしれない。
This empty bottle might be useful for something.
Uses the old-style kanji 壜 for 'bottle'; rarely seen.
Irregular okurigana usage; read からびん. Rarely used.
Compound of 空き (aki, 'emptiness, empty') + 瓶 (bin, 'bottle'). The reading あきびん is standard; からびん is a less common alternative reading of the same kanji combination.