How to say "elasticity" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 弾力だんりょくnounCovers the everyday sense of elasticity: the springiness or give of physical objects, as in flexible or bouncy materials. The most natural choice for concrete, tangible resilience.
- 伸縮しんしゅくnoun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbPoints to elasticity as the capacity to expand and contract, emphasizing stretching and shrinking as two directions of movement. Less about bounciness than about something's ability to lengthen and shorten.
- 弾性だんせいnounThe technical term for elasticity, used in scientific and engineering contexts such as physics and materials science. Choose this when writing about elasticity as a formal concept rather than describing a stretchy object.
Use 弾力 for physical springiness or flexibility, 弾性 for the scientific/technical concept of elasticity, and 伸縮 for stretchability involving expanding and contracting.
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