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保管 (ほかん): custody, safekeeping, storage — Japanese vocabulary

保管 is read ほかん and means "custody, safekeeping, storage". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

保管

Reading
ほかん · hokan
Translation
custody, safekeeping, storage
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ほかんが

Example

事務用備品を保管室に保管するように秘書にいって下さい。

じむようびひんをほかんしつにほかんするようにひしょにいってください。

Please ask the secretary to stock the office supplies in the storage room.

Kanji in this word

  • 保 — protect, keep
  • 管 — Pipe, Tube, Wind Instrument

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