容積

ようせき · youseki · JLPT N2 · noun

capacity

🫙 容 (contain) + 積 (accumulate): how much a container can hold, like a jar's volume.

容 means contain and 積 means pile up or accumulate. Together they name the space something can hold, which is both capacity and volume. Sounds like 'yo-se-ki', close to 'yo-sek-i' in 'yo-seki'.

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