VocabJLPT N2
concrete
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. concrete
  2. 2. Concrete
This word refers to the hard building material made from cement, sand, water, and gravel. It is used in construction contexts and sometimes metaphorically to describe something rigid, cold, or unyielding.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Ugh, apologizing to a concrete wall isn't going to get you anywhere!

Sentence 2

Dad said, "I want to put a clock on the concrete wall."

Sentence 3

"This concrete is efforescing from the rain," my coworker pointed out.

Sentence 4

His silence is as unmovable as a block of concrete.

Sentence 5

You know, the smell of concrete just feels like the start of something new.