How to say "siren" in Japanese

• サイレンJLPT N2approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe word for the warning device: the loud wailing alarm on ambulances, police cars, and fire engines, or at factories and construction sites. It never means a seductive woman.
  葉子ようこと私はサイレンが近ちかくで止とまるのを聞きいて、何なんが起おきたのかとすぐに飛び出とびだしていこうとした。↗

  When Yoko and I heard the sirens stop nearby, we quickly decided to go check it out.
• 傾城けいせいCommon
  nounHere 'siren' is the figurative one: a bewitchingly beautiful, dangerously seductive woman — literally, a beauty who could topple a castle. It has nothing to do with alarms or warning devices.

Use 「サイレン」 for the loud warning device on emergency vehicles and the like; use 傾城 only for the figurative 'siren' — a bewitchingly seductive, dangerous beauty of a woman.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• サイレンsiren
• 傾城けいせいbeauty
• 号笛ごうてきsiren
• セイレーンsiren
• 傾国けいこくbeauty
• 毒婦どくふtemptress
• 男殺しおとこごろしtemptress
• 妖婦ようふenchantress