How to say "anchor" in Japanese

• 錨いかりCommon
  nounThe usual word for an anchor as a heavy object that holds a ship in place on the sea bottom. If you mean a boat's anchor, this is the word you want.
  そのボートは岸辺きしべに碇いかりを降おろした。↗

  The boat anchored near the shore.
• アンクル
  nounThe anchor of an anchor escapement in a clock, or the pallet fork of a lever escapement in a mechanical watch. A specialized horological term, not the everyday anchor.
• 端点たんてん
  nounThe anchor in the sense of an endpoint node or peripheral node in graphs and related structures. A technical computing term; not for the nautical anchor.
• 殿しんがりJLPT N1approx.
  nounThe anchor (man), that is, the person who runs the final leg of a relay race. For the ship's anchor this is not the word you want; it is really about the runner.

Use 錨 for the physical nautical anchor; 「アンクル」 for the clock/watch part; 端点 for the computing/graph sense; and 殿 for a person running last in a relay.

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• 錨いかりanchor
• アンクルanchor (of an anchor escapement in a clock)
• 端点たんてんanchor
• アンカー(ship's) anchor
• 殿しんがりanchor (man)