How to say "grounding" in Japanese

• 接地せっちCommon
  noun, suru verbThe electrical sense: grounding or earthing a circuit, appliance, or structure — connecting it to the earth. Typical of engineering and technical writing; アース is the loanword for the same idea.
• 素養そようCommon
  nounThe figurative sense: a person's grounding in a skill or subject — the basic knowledge and training they have acquired. This is the word for educational background, not for ships or circuits.
  パパはラテン語らてんごの素養そようもあったのです。↗

  Papa had a classical education.
• 座礁ざしょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe nautical sense: a ship running aground or stranding, typically on rocks or a reef, and the state of the vessel afterward. This is the word when a hull has literally struck the bottom.
• アースCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, transitive verbThe loanword for the electrical sense: the earth or ground connection of a circuit or appliance. It overlaps with 接地; in everyday talk about wiring and plugs, アース is the word you hear.
• 足止めあしどめCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbBeing held up and unable to move on: people or vehicles stranded in place. It covers the 'stranded' side of 'grounding'; for a ship that has actually run aground, 座礁 is the word.

For electricity choose 接地 or 「アース」; for a ship that has run aground, 座礁; for basic knowledge of a subject, 素養; for people or vehicles merely stuck in place, 「足止め」.

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

• 接地せっちground
• 素養そようgrounding (in a skill or subject)
• 座礁ざしょうrunning aground
• アースearth
• グラウンディングgrounding
• アーシングearthing (circuits)
• 外出禁止がいしゅつきんしcurfew
• 足止めあしどめbeing stranded
• 下地したじinclination