充電します（じゅうでんします、juudenshimasu）
- to charge

The Japanese word 充電します 充電します means "to charge" (a battery or electronic device). It refers to the action of supplying electrical power to a device to replenish its battery. It can also figuratively mean to "recharge" oneself, such as taking a break to feel refreshed.

⚫︎ 携帯電話を充電します。 Translation: I charge my cell phone. ⚫︎ スマートフォンを充電してください。 Translation: Please charge your smartphone. ⚫︎ このデバイスは完全に充電するのに時間がかかります。 Translation: This device takes a long time to fully charge.

⚫︎ This word is commonly used when talking about charging electronic devices like phones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. ⚫︎ You can use it in various situations, such as when you need to plug in your phone, inform someone to charge their device, or talk about a device's battery level. ⚫︎ The tense of the verb changes depending on the context. For example, 充電しました 充電しました (I charged) or 充電しますか？ (Are you going to charge?).

⚫︎ The word is typically written as 充電します. ⚫︎ 充電 is written in kanji, and します is the polite form of the verb "to do" (する). ⚫︎ Hiragana: じゅうでんします ⚫︎ Kanji: 充電します ⚫︎ There are no other common ways to write this word. ⚫︎ The okurigana is standard, with the "し" and "ます" suffix.

⚫︎ チャージします (chāji shimasu) - A more casual way to say "to charge," borrowed from English ("charge"). ⚫︎ 蓄電します (chikuden shimasu) - A more technical term that means "to store electricity." While not a direct synonym, it is related to the idea of storing energy.

⚫︎ 放電します (houden shimasu) - To discharge (a battery). This is the opposite of charging.

今日は携帯電話のバッテリーが切れそうなので、家に帰ったらすぐに充電します。 ・Translation: My cell phone battery is about to die today, so I will charge it as soon as I get home. ・Explanation: The sentence describes the need to charge a phone due to low battery life. It uses the future tense of 充電します 充電します.

車を電気自動車用の充電ステーションで充電します。 ・Translation: I will charge my car at a charging station for electric vehicles. ・Explanation: The sentence explains the action of charging an electric car using a charging station.

⚫︎ 充電 is a compound word: ⚫︎ 充 (jū) means "to fill" or "to supply." ⚫︎ 電 (den) means "electricity" or "electric power." ⚫︎ します (shimasu) is the polite form of the verb "to do" (する). ⚫︎ Therefore, 充電します 充電します literally means "to fill with electricity."