Japanese symbol for “flatulence”
瓦斯
ガス
Romaji: gasu
gas (as a fuel)
In Japanese, flatulence is 瓦斯, read ガス (gasu).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n gas (as a fuel)
- n gas (state of matter)
- n poison gas
- n dense fog; thick fog
- n gas stove; gas cooker; gas range
- n gasoline; gas; petrol
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “flatulence”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 膨満 | ぼうまん bouman | distention; fullness; inflation |
| 鼓腸 | こちょう kochou | flatulence; meteorism; tympanites |
| ガス溜まり | ガスだまり gasudamari | flatulence; abdominal bloating |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓦礫 | がれき gareki | rubble; debris; wreckage |
| 瓦解 | がかい gakai | collapse; downfall |
| 煉瓦 | れんが renga | brick |
| 青瓦台 | せいがだい seigadai | Blue House (official residence of the president of South Korea); Cheong Wa Dae |
| 鬼瓦 | おにがわら onigawara | decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle) |
| 斯く | かく kaku | like this; such; thus |
| 斯様 | かよう kayou | this sort of; of this kind; of the sort |
| 斯界 | しかい shikai | this field; this subject |
See also: Chinese symbol for “flatulence”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.