How to say "enclosure" in Japanese

• 囲いかこいCommon
  nounCovers 'enclosure' as a physical barrier or enclosed area: a fence, wall, or pen that surrounds something, such as an enclosure for animals or a fenced-off plot of land.
  家いえの周まわりには囲かこいがしてある。↗

  There is a fence about the house.
• 囲みかこみCommon
  nounCovers 'enclosure' as a box or enclosed space; close in meaning to 囲い, but it points to the box itself rather than the fence or wall around it.
• 別紙べっしCommon
  nounCovers 'enclosure' in the document sense: a separate sheet enclosed with a letter or other paperwork, and the word you want for 'enclosure' in business correspondence.
  別紙べっしの注文書ちゅうもんしょの通とおり注文ちゅうもんいたします。↗

  I have enclosed your order form.
• 筐体きょうたいCommon
  nounCovers the technical sense of 'enclosure': the case or casing that houses the components of a machine or computer, which is what 'enclosure' means for electronic devices.
• ハウジングCommon
  nounThe loanword 'housing'; like 筐体 it covers the equipment sense, but it tends to name a housing around a part or mechanism rather than the whole case of a machine.

Use 「囲い」 for a physical fence or pen, 「囲み」 for a box or enclosed space, 別紙 for a document enclosed with a letter, and 筐体 or 「ハウジング」 for the case or housing of a machine.

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• 囲いかこいenclosure
• 囲みかこみenclosure
• 別紙べっしenclosure
• 筐体きょうたいcase (of a machine, computer, etc.)
• 囲い込みかこいこみenclosure
• エンクロージャーenclosure (for a loudspeaker, electronic equipment, etc.)
• 外囲いそとがこいenclosure
• 同封物どうふうぶつenclosure (in an envelope, letter, etc.)
• 一郭いっかくone block
• 一封いっぷうsealed letter
• 囲繞いじょうsurrounding
• 包有物ほうゆうぶつinclusion
• ハウジングhousing (for equipment)
• 城郭じょうかくcastle walls
• 廓くるわenclosure
• さやenclosure
• 締まりしまりshimari