スポンジsuponji
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Definitions
- nounsponge
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym海綿かいめんWritten海綿 denotes the sea sponge proper—the marine animal and the natural product derived from it—and has a literary tone; use スポンジ for ordinary household contexts.
Use スポンジ for everyday senses such as the kitchen sponge or foam material; reserve 海綿, marked literary, for formal or scientific writing about the sea creature itself.
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