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蓋

ふた

lid, cover, cap

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Examples

  1. この蓋はあの瓶の蓋だ。

    このふたはあのびんのふただ。

    This lid goes with that jar.

  2. 鍋の蓋を取ると、いい匂いがした。

    なべのふたをとると、いいにおいがした。

    When I lifted the pot lid, a lovely smell came out.

  3. 蓋をしっかり閉めないと、こぼれますよ。

    ふたをしっかりしめないと、こぼれますよ。

    If you don't close the cap tightly, it will spill.

Common patterns

蓋を開ける
to open a lid
蓋を閉める
to close a lid
蓋を開けてみると
as it turned out (idiom)

Memory tip

Usually written in kana as ふた. Anything that caps an opening — pot, jar, bottle, manhole. The idiom 蓋を開けてみると means 'once we actually saw the result', like lifting the lid on a pot.

Kanji in this word

  • 蓋Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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