How to say "crease" in Japanese

• しわJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers creases and wrinkles in a surface such as skin, cloth or paper — lines formed in the material itself, whether natural or pressed in, as in a shirt creased from packing.
  この服ふくはすぐしわになる。↗

  This dress creases easily.
• 折り目おりめCommon
  nounRefers to the crease or fold line produced by folding — a pressed crease in trousers, a pleat in a skirt, or a fold line in paper — rather than a wrinkle in the surface.
• 折おりCommon
  nounAlthough it can translate 'crease', this word is really the act of folding or a fold or pleat; for a crease line it is seldom the word you want on its own.

Use 「しわ」 for creases and wrinkles in a surface such as skin, cloth or paper; 「折り目」 for a fold line or pleat; 折 is mainly the act of folding or a fold, seldom the word for a crease itself.

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

• しわwrinkle
• 折り目おりめfold
• 折罫おりけいcrease (used as a writing guide)
• たたみじわcrease (from folding)
• 筋目すじめfold
• 畳目たたみめfold
• よれwrinkle (in paper)
• 癖くせcrease
• 折おりfolding
• 罫線けいせんcrease
• ひだfolds (e.g. of a mountain)