How to say "dashboard" in Japanese

• ダッシュボード
  nounThe loanword covers the whole dashboard of a car — the panel facing the driver with its instruments and controls. When you just mean 'dashboard', this is the word to reach for.
• 前板まえいた
  nounLiterally 'front board'. Its other gloss is 'frontlet', a forehead ornament, so it is not specifically an automotive term; as a rendering of 'dashboard' it is marginal and seldom what you want.
• 計器盤けいきばん
  nounCovers the instrument-panel sense: the board of gauges and meters in front of a driver or operator. Choose it when 'dashboard' means the dials and readouts specifically.
• 計器板けいきばん
  nounThe same word けいきばん written with 板 'board' instead of 盤, with the same instrument-panel sense; for practical purposes the two written forms are largely interchangeable.

For the car part as a whole, 「ダッシュボード」 is the straightforward loanword; for the panel of gauges and meters, use 計器盤 or its variant 計器板; 前板 is a marginal match best avoided.

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• ダッシュボードdashboard
• 前板まえいたdashboard
• 計器盤けいきばんdashboard
• 計器板けいきばんdashboard