also: エスエス
Abbreviation for サービスステーション (service station) or ガソリンスタンド (gas station). Used in signs or casual contexts.
See also: ガソリンスタンド
あのＳＳで給油しよう。
Let's refuel at that gas station.
Baseball term. Abbreviation for ショートストップ (shortstop). Used in scorebooks or casual talk.
See also: 遊撃手
sporty sedan
Abbreviation for スポーティーセダン (sporty sedan). Used in car classifications or catalogs.
新車のカタログにＳＳグレードが載っていた。
The new car catalog listed an SS grade.
Abbreviation for スチームシップ (steamship). Used in ship names, e.g., SS Great Britain.
ＳＳマリポサ号は太平洋航路で活躍した。
The SS Mariposa served on the Pacific route.
Abbreviation for シークレットサービス (Secret Service). Refers to the US agency.
See also: シークレットサービス
ＳＳは大統領の警護を担当する。
The Secret Service is responsible for protecting the president.
suspended solids; SS
Abbreviation for 浮遊物質 (suspended solids). Technical term in environmental engineering.
See also: 浮遊物質
排水のＳＳ濃度を測定する。
Measure the SS concentration of the wastewater.
Schutzstaffel; SS
Historical term for the Nazi paramilitary organization. Often used in historical or documentary contexts.
ナチス・ドイツのＳＳは親衛隊として知られる。
The SS of Nazi Germany is known as the Schutzstaffel.
SS rank (esp. in video games)
Abbreviation for a top-tier rank, often above S rank. Common in games and rankings. Also read ダブルエス.
See also: Ｓ
このキャラはＳＳランクで最強クラスだ。
This character is SS rank and among the strongest.
He played shortstop in high school baseball.
シークレットサービス is the full name of the US Secret Service, while ＳＳ is its casual abbreviation.
浮遊物質 is the technical Japanese term for suspended solids, while ＳＳ is the abbreviation used in engineering contexts.
counter for places
Standard abbreviation written in full-width Latin letters. The reading is エス・エス.
Search-only kana form without the interpunct. Not a standard written form.
Abbreviation derived from the initial letters of various English terms (Service Station, Shortstop, Sporty Sedan, Steamship, Secret Service, Suspended Solids, Schutzstaffel, and SS rank). The reading エス・エス comes from the English letter names.