How to say "bracket" in Japanese

• ブラケット
  nounThe loanword, for the physical object: a support fixed to a wall to hold a shelf, light, or other fixture — the closest match for the hardware sense.
• 腕木うでぎ
  nounAn arm-shaped projecting member, chiefly a 'crossarm' — the horizontal arm on a utility pole. As 'bracket' it is an engineering term for such arm-like supports, not a word for everyday hardware brackets.
• 肘木ひじき
  nounAn architectural term for a corbel: a bracket piece projecting from a wall or column to carry a beam. It is building and carpentry vocabulary, seldom the word you want for an ordinary bracket.
• 層そう
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers only the abstract, grouping sense of 'bracket' — a class or stratum into which people or things fall; it never refers to a physical bracket.
  多おおくの会社かいしゃが市場しじょうの金持かねもち層そうを獲得かくとくしようと競争きょうそうしている。↗

  Many firms are competing for the wealthier segment of the market.

Use 「ブラケット」 for a physical bracket as hardware or a mounting support; 腕木 and 肘木 are engineering and architectural terms for arm-like supports; 層 is for the abstract grouping sense, a class or stratum.

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• ブラケットbracket
• 腕木うでぎcrossarm
• 肘木ひじきancon
• 層そうclass
• 枠わくcategory