How to say "gadget" in Japanese

• ガジェットCommon
  nounThe direct loanword; the natural choice when gadget means a small, often electronic device or clever new product—tech gadgets and the like.
• 小道具こどうぐCommon
  nounCovers gadget as a small handy tool or accessory that helps with a task—handy kitchen or desk gadgets. It is also the theatrical term for stage props, a separate sense.
  これらの小道具こどうぐは役やくに立たちそうにない。↗

  These gadgets seem to be of no use.
• 仕掛けしかけJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounPoints to the mechanism or contrivance itself—how a device works, often with a trick or hidden workings—rather than the gadget as a product; it can also mean a trap.
  この仕掛しかけはスイッチで動うごく。↗

  This device is actuated by a switch.

Use 「ガジェット」 for gadgets as products, especially tech devices; 小道具 for small handy tools and accessories; and 「仕掛け」 for the mechanism or trick behind a device rather than the object itself.

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• ガジェットgadget
• 小道具こどうぐsmall tool
• 仕掛けしかけdevice
• 珍道具ちんどうぐgadget
• 機械装置きかいそうちmachine