Word Meaning 蒸気

じょうき jouki

蒸気 is read as じょうき (jouki) and means steamboat.

Meaning

English

  1. steamboat
  2. steam locomotive
  3. steam
  4. vapour
  5. vapor

Reading

Kana

じょうき

Romaji

jouki

Writing Variants

  • 蒸汽 じょうき jouki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Synonyms ガス,気体,,水蒸気,スチーム Related Words お湯,沸騰 Rank 15130 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蒸気機関

じょうききかん

steam engine

蒸気機関車

じょうききかんしゃ

steam locomotive

蒸気船

じょうきせん

steamship

蒸気圧

じょうきあつ

steam pressure

蒸気ポンプ

じょうきぽんぷ

steam pump (esp. on a fire engine)

蒸気浴

じょうきよく

vapor bath

水蒸気

すいじょうき

water vapour

過熱蒸気

かねつじょうき

superheated vapor

陸蒸気

おかじょうき

steam train (early Meiji period)

ぽんぽん蒸気

ぽんぽんじょうき

steam passenger launch

蒸気暖房

じょうきだんぼう

steam heating

Example Sentences

7

やかんからじょうきがあがっている。

steam is rising from the kettle.

A cloud is a mass of vapor in the sky.

When water boils, it turns into steam.

A cloud is a mass of vapor.

The steam has fogged my glasses.

We were wakened by the whistle of the steam locomotive at dawn.

Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.