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電源 (でんげん): source of electricity, power (e.g., button on TV) — Japanese vocabulary

電源 is read でんげん and means "source of electricity, power (e.g., button on TV)". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

電源

Reading
でんげん · dengen
Translation
source of electricity, power (e.g., button on TV)
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
でんげんがでんげんが

Example

回路を調べる前に、電源のスイッチを切りなさい。

かいろをしらべるまえに、でんげんのスイッチをきりなさい。

You must switch off the power before checking the circuit.

Kanji in this word

  • 電 — electricity
  • 源 — source, origin

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