How to say "dressing" in Japanese

• ドレッシングCommon
  nounThe food sense: the sauce poured over salad. This loanword is the word you want for that condiment, and it is not used for dressing in the clothing, medical, or decorative senses.
  サラダのドレッシングはイタリアンがいいです。↗

  I want Italian dressing on my salad.
• 着付けきつけCommon
  nounThe act of dressing someone, especially putting on a kimono; also a fitting or helping someone get dressed. Use this for the action or skill, not for a sauce or a wound covering.
• 包帯ほうたいJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe medical sense: a bandage, or the material applied to a wound. Bandage is its core meaning, so for 'dressing' think of a wound covering rather than clothing or food.
  私は片足かたあしに包帯ほうたいを巻まいた犬いぬを見みた。↗

  I saw a dog with one paw bandaged.
• 化粧けしょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe figurative sense: decoration, or dressing something up to look better — a veneer over the surface. It is only marginally about 'dressing' in any literal sense.

Use 「ドレッシング」 for the sauce on salad, 包帯 for a medical wound dressing, 「着付け」 for dressing someone, especially in kimono, and 化粧 only for decoration or a figurative veneer.

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

• ドレッシングdressing
• 着付けきつけdressing (esp. in kimono)
• 包帯ほうたいbandage
• 装そうclothing
• 掛け汁かけじるgravy
• 縛帯ばくたいbandage
• お召しおめしsummoning
• 化粧けしょうdecoration
• 詰め物つめものstuffing