How to say "flint" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounA loanword: English 'flint' transcribed directly into Japanese. It covers flint as a stone or mineral, and suits contexts where the stone is referred to by its English name. Less common.
- 火打石ひうちいしnounThe native word, literally 'fire-striking stone' — flint as a firestone, struck to produce sparks for lighting fires. Use it when that fire-making role is what you mean. Less common.
「フリント」 is the English word 'flint' borrowed as-is, while 火打石 is the native term for flint as a firestone — the stone struck to make fire; choose by which sense you need, since the two overlap.
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