JLPT N5 · Noun

ボタン (botan)

ボタン is a Japanese noun meaning “button (clothing)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ボタン
Romaji
botan
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. button (clothing) · noun · usually written in kana
  2. push-button; button · noun · usually written in kana

Example sentences

コートのボタンが取れてたんだ。
A button has come off my coat.
緊急の場合は、このボタンを押しなさい。
In case of an emergency, push this button.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1123880 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.