How to say "boot" in Japanese

• ブーツJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe footwear sense: boots, or a single boot. This is the word for the item you wear on your feet, as in winter or hiking boots.
  私はスキーのブーツを１足そく買かいたい。↗

  I want to buy a pair of ski boots.
• 立ち上げるたちあげるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb sense: to boot a computer or launch a program. Use this when 'boot' means starting up a machine or software, not for the footwear or car senses.
  ノートパソコンの電源でんげんを入いれ、ブラウザを立ち上たちあげて、もう覚おぼえてしまったアドレスを打ち込うちこむ。↗

  I switch on my laptop, start up the browser, and type in the address I've already learnt by heart.
• トランクCommon
  nounThe storage compartment at the rear of a car — what British English calls the boot and American English the trunk. Use this for the car part, not footwear or computers.
  この荷物にもつをトランクにいれてもらえますか。↗

  Could you put these bags in the trunk?

Choose 「ブーツ」 for footwear, 「立ち上げる」 when 'boot' is a verb meaning to start a computer or launch a program, and 「トランク」 for the boot of a car (the trunk).

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• ブーツboots
• ブートboot
• 荷室にしつtrunk (of a car)
• ブートストラップbootstrap
• 立ち上げるたちあげるto boot (a computer)
• トランクtrunk (of a car)
• トランクルームtrunk (of a car)