How to say "brake" in Japanese

• ブレーキJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe word for the brake of a car, bicycle, or other vehicle — the device used to slow down or stop. This is the word you want for that concrete mechanical sense.
  しばらく車くるまを運転うんてんしていないと、アクセルとブレーキがごっちゃになることない？↗

  Have you ever got in your car after a long absence and got the brake mixed up with the accelerator?
• 歯止めはどめCommon
  nounA mechanical catch or pawl that holds something in place and prevents it from moving — not the brake of a vehicle. It also serves figuratively for a brake or check that halts a trend, activity, or process.

Use 「ブレーキ」 for the brake of a car, bicycle, or other vehicle; 「歯止め」 means a mechanical catch or pawl that stops movement, and figuratively a brake or check on a trend or activity.

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• ブレーキbrake
• 歯止めはどめbrake
• 制動機せいどうきbrake