How to say "grid" in Japanese

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  • no-adjectiveA loanword covering the mesh side of 'grid': a net-like pattern of intersecting lines, close to English 'mesh'. Typical for fine netting, screens, or a grid of small open cells.
  • 格子こうしCommon
    nounIts core senses are lattice, latticework, and window bars: bars or strips crossing to form squares. For 'grid' it fits crisscross patterns of bars or lines rather than net-like mesh.
    彼かれらはその格子こうしを取り壊とりこわした。↗
    They broke away the bars.

Use 「メッシュ」 for net- or mesh-like grids of intersecting lines, and 格子 for lattices — crisscrossed bars or strips forming squares, as in latticework or window bars.

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