JLPT N2 · Noun

風船 (fuusen)

風船 (ふうせん, fuusen) is a Japanese noun meaning “balloon (toy or decoration)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふうせん
Romaji: fuusen
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

balloon (toy or decoration) · noun
balloon (hot-air or gas) · noun · dated · orig. meaning

Example sentences

風船が空に上がっていった。

The balloon went up in the sky.

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

Kanji in 風船

風

wind, air, styleフウ・フ・かぜ・かざ- · 9 strokes

船

ship, boatセン・ふね・ふな- · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 風船.

風かぜwind風邪かぜ(common) coldお風呂おふろbath台風たいふうtyphoon風景ふうけいscenery風ふうmanner扇風機せんぷうきelectric fan風呂敷ふろしきfuroshiki風習ふうしゅうcustom風俗ふうぞくmanners風土ふうどnatural features暴風ぼうふうstorm洋風ようふうWestern style気風きふうcharacter

Source: JMdict entry 1499940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.