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How do you say "plumber" in Japanese?
配管工
haikan kou
In Japanese, "plumber" is 配管工 (haikan kou).
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Pronunciation
Pronounce hai-kan-KOU, three syllables where haikan means piping and kou means engineer, flowing together smoothly.
Writing and usage
配管工 is written using kanji. It's a noun, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.
Example sentence
配管工が漏れていた配管を修理しました。
haikan kou ga more teita haikan wo shuuri shimashita.
The plumber repaired the leaking pipe.
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How to remember 配管工
Haikan kou breaks down into pipe, haikan, plus engineer, kou - a plumber is the pipe engineer.
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Questions about 配管工
How do you pronounce 配管工?
Pronounce hai-kan-KOU, three syllables where haikan means piping and kou means engineer, flowing together smoothly.
Is 配管工 formal or casual?
配管工 is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is 配管工 written in Japanese?
配管工 is written using kanji. Romanised, it reads as haikan kou.
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