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can

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkæn/

Noun

archaic US slang in-plural

Japanese Meaning

液体を入れるための、ほぼ円筒形の容器。通常は鉄やアルミニウムでできており、上部に持ち運び用の取っ手が付いている場合が多い。

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She carried a dented can of water across the yard to water the seedlings.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は苗に水をやるために、へこんだ金属製の缶を庭の向こうまで運んだ。

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Sense（2）

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

Sense（3）

A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.

Sense（4）

(archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.

Shit or get off the can.

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Sense（5）

(US, slang) Buttocks.

Sense（6）

(slang) Jail or prison.

Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.

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Sense（7）

(slang, in the plural) Headphones.

Sense（8）

(archaic) A drinking cup.

SIR ANDREW: Nay, my troth, I know not: but I know, to be up late is to be up late.

SIR TOBY: A false conclusion: I hate it as an unfilled can.

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Sense（9）

(nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark

Sense（10）

A chimney pot.

Sense（11）

(slang, in the plural) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.

Sense（12）

(US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.

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Sense（13）

A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.

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