How to say “ventilation fan” in Japanese | 換気扇 (かんきせん、kankisen)

The Japanese vocabulary「換気扇 (かんきせん、kankisen)」means “ventilation fan.” Please learn the pronunciation and the example sentences.

Japanese Vocabulary and the Meaning

Key Word換気扇
Hiraganaかんきせん
Romaji Readingkankisen
English Meaningventilation/extractor fan

The Correct Japanese Pronunciations

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The Example Japanese Sentences

It is important to have skills in both non-honorific and honorific languages in order to use Japanese correctly.

Turn on the ventilation fan.

non-honorific & spoken language:

換気扇かんきせんまわして。
Kankisen o mawashite.

Please turn on the ventilation fan.

Polite Form:

換気扇を回してください。
Kankisen o mawashite kudasai.


Turn on the ventilation fan.

Plain Form:

換気扇かんきせん油汚あぶらよごれがひどい。
Kankisen no abura-yogore ga hidoi.

The subject is 「油汚あぶらよごれが」. Therefore, the literal translation is “Grease stains on the ventilation fan are terrible.”

Polite Form:

換気扇の油汚れがひどいです。
Kankisen no abura-yogore ga hidoi desu.


The ventilation fan is clean now.

Plain Form:

換気扇が綺麗きれいになった。
Kankisen ga kireini natta.

Polite Form:

換気扇が綺麗になりました。
Kankisen ga kireini narimashita.


The ventilation fan is a little noisy.

Plain Form:

換気扇かんきせんおとすこしうるさい。
Kankisen no oto ga sukoshi urusai.

Polite Form:

換気扇の音が少しうるさいです。
Kankisen no oto ga sukoshi urusai desu.


When the ventilation fan is turned off, the smell lingers in the room.

Plain Form:

換気扇かんきせんめると部屋へやにおいがもる。
Kankisen o tomeru to heya ni nioi ga komoru.

Polite Form:

換気扇を止めると部屋に匂いが籠もります。
Kankisen o tomeru to heya ni nioi ga komorimasu.


This room has a ventilation fan.

Plain Form:

この部屋へやには換気扇かんきせんいている。
Kono heya ni wa kankisen ga tsuite iru.

Polite Form:

この部屋には換気扇が付いています。
Kono heya ni wa kankisen ga tsuite imasu.

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