Word Meaning 消防

しょうぼう shoubou

消防 is read as しょうぼう (shoubou) and means fire fighting.

Meaning

English

  1. fire fighting
  2. fire department
  3. fire brigade

Reading

Kana

しょうぼう

Romaji

shoubou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 2484 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

消防車

しょうぼうしゃ

fire engine

消防署

しょうぼうしょ

fire station

消防庁

しょうぼうちょう

Fire and Disaster Management Agency

消防本部

しょうぼうほんぶ

fire department

消防自動車

しょうぼうじどうしゃ

fire engine

消防法

しょうぼうほう

Fire Service Act

消防団

しょうぼうだん

fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)

消防組

しょうぼうぐみ

fire brigade (pre-WWII Japan)

消防官

しょうぼうかん

fire officer

消防車両

しょうぼうしゃりょう

firefighting vehicle

消防研究所

しょうぼうけんきゅうじょ

Fire Research Institute

消防夫

しょうぼうふ

fireman

Example Sentences

10

しょうぼうしがひをすぐにけした。

The firefighter quickly extinguished the fire.

しょうぼうしゃがさいれんをならしてはしっていく。

A fire engine is rushing by with its siren blaring.

Is that a fire truck?

Tom is a firefighter.

You're still a fire fighter, aren't you?

The fire truck came quickly.

The fireman soon put the fire out.

The fire truck came quickly.

My dream is to be a firefighter.

Please call the fire department.