How to say "filler" in Japanese

• パテCommon
  nounCovers the concrete, material sense: a paste-like putty for filling holes, dents, or cracks in a surface, as in repair or finishing work; not used for figurative gaps or padding.
  彼かれは割れ目われめをパテでふさいだ。↗

  He stopped up the crack with putty.
• 穴埋めあなうめCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the figurative senses: filling in for a gap or vacancy, a stopgap measure, or filler content such as an article inserted to fill space; not a physical substance.

Use 「パテ」 for physical filler—putty that fills holes and cracks in surfaces—and 「穴埋め」 for figurative gap-filling: a stopgap, filling a vacancy, or padding content such as a filler article.

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

• パテputty
• フィラーfiller
• 充填剤じゅうてんざいfiller (for making plastic, rubber, etc.)
• 増量剤ぞうりょうざいfiller
• 目止めめどめwood filling
• スタッフィングstuffing
• 填料てんりょうloading material (for making paper)
• 賦形剤ふけいざいexcipient (inactive ingredient added to a drug)
• 暇ネタひまねたunimportant piece of news
• 詰め物つめものfilling
• 埋め草うめくさ(page) filler
• 六号記事ろくごうきじfill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.)
• 穴埋めあなうめfilling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.)
• つなぎfiller