Japan Barely Has Public Bins. The Ones It Does Have Are Judging You.
To say burnable trash in Japanese, say 燃えるゴミ (moeru gomi).
You finally found a trash can in Japan. Turns out there's four of them, and only one wants what's in your hand.
燃えるゴミ
moeru gomi
burnable trash
In this video
- 燃えるゴミ moeru gomi Burnable trash.
- 燃えるゴミはどれですか？ moeru gomi wa dore desu ka? Which one is the burnable trash?
Kanji in this phrase
- 燃えるゴミ
- もえるごみ
- 燃やすごみ
- もやすごみ
Why this phrase
Konbini and station bins split into burnable, PET bottles, and cans and glass. 燃えるゴミ is the everyday one: wrappers, tissues, the paper cup. Some wards write it 燃やすごみ, same bin. Spot that one label and you stop hovering.
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