How to say "coating" in Japanese

• 塗装とそうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCoating as the act or job of painting a surface — applying paint to cars, buildings, or machinery — and, by extension, the painted finish itself.
  彼かれらのボートは塗装とそうする必要ひつようがある。↗

  Their boat needs painting.
• コーティングCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe loanword for a thin protective or functional layer applied over a surface; it covers both the process and the resulting layer, and is at home in product and technical descriptions.
• 塗料とりょうCommon
  nounThe material sense of 'coating': the paint, varnish, or other substance you apply to a surface. It names the material itself, not the act of coating or the layer that results.
• 被覆ひふくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovering rather than coating: it refers to sheathing or enclosing a surface with a protective layer, as with cables and pipes, and is seldom the natural choice when 'coating' means paint applied to a surface.
• 被膜ひまくCommon
  nounA thin film or membrane covering a surface, whether formed naturally or applied; it names the layer itself, not the act of coating, and is typical of scientific and medical writing.

Choose 塗装 for the act of painting a surface, 「コーティング」 for a thin protective layer, 塗料 for the paint itself, 被覆 for covering something over, and 被膜 for a film or membrane on a surface.

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• 塗装とそうcoating
• コーティングcoating
• 塗料とりょうpaint
• 被覆ひふくcoating
• 被膜ひまくcoating
• 塗りぬりcoating (esp. lacquering)
• めっきplating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.)
• 鍍金ときんplating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.)
• 塗工とこうcoating (of paper, etc.)
• 塗り物ぬりものlacquerware
• コートcoating
• 衣ころもcoating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
• 塗布とふcoating
• 養生ようじょうcovering (with a protective material)