How to say "cabinet" in Japanese

• 内閣ないかくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe political sense: the group of ministers that governs a country, as in a prime minister's cabinet. Never used for furniture or equipment.
  内閣ないかくは辞職じしょくするそうだ。↗

  They say the Cabinet will resign.
• キャビネットCommon
  nounThe loanword for a cabinet as a piece of furniture, and also for a housing that encloses equipment. A natural choice when English simply says 'cabinet'.
  キャビネットは集あつめたものを陳列ちんれつするための食器棚しょっきだなである。↗

  A cabinet is a cupboard used for displaying things.
• たんすJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounReally a chest of drawers; its 'cabinet' sense covers drawer-style storage furniture, so it is seldom the word for other kinds of cabinet. Usually written in kana.
  タンスで探さがしていた物ものが見みつかった。↗

  I found what I was looking for in the drawers.
• 筐体きょうたいCommon
  nounThe case or housing of a machine or computer; in gaming it means an arcade cabinet. It covers equipment enclosures only, never furniture or a government cabinet.
• 戸棚とだなJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounEssentially a cupboard — household storage furniture with doors — and the natural word when 'cabinet' means a cupboard-like piece of furniture. Not for government cabinets or equipment housings.
  この本ほんは戸棚とだなの上うえです。↗

  This book goes on the top shelf.

Use 内閣 only for a government cabinet; 「キャビネット」 for cabinets as furniture or equipment housings; 「たんす」 for drawer chests; 筐体 for machine and arcade-game cases; 戸棚 for cupboards and household storage furniture.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 内閣ないかくcabinet (of a government)
• キャビネットcabinet
• たんすchest of drawers
• 筐体きょうたいcase (of a machine, computer, etc.)
• 戸棚とだなcupboard
• キャビネcabinet
• 格納箱かくのうばこcabinet
• 小室こむろsmall chamber
• エンクロージャーenclosure (for a loudspeaker, electronic equipment, etc.)
• 収納家具しゅうのうかぐcloset
• 整理ダンスせいりだんすbureau
• リビングボードsideboard
• 閣内かくない(inside the) Cabinet