Can

"Can" in Japanese

kan

(a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

kan

(a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

kan

(a tin-plate canister)

できる

dekiru

(to be able to; to know how to)

れる

-reru

(to be able to; to know how to)

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