How to say "hose" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounThe common word for hose in the tube sense: a flexible tube for carrying water, as when watering the garden or washing a car. It is not used for stockings or hosiery.
- nounRefers to hose as legwear: long stockings, especially men's. A less common loanword; for the flexible water tube it is not the word you want.
- nounA loanword covering hose as legwear: long socks, long stockings, and hosiery. Less common; it belongs to the clothing sense, not to the water tube.
- 蛇管じゃかんnounA less common word for a flexible hose: a tube that bends and coils. For an ordinary water hose, ホース is the usual choice.
- 長靴下ながくつしたnounEssentially 'long socks' or 'stockings': as a match for 'hose' it fits only the legwear sense. Less common; for the flexible water tube, ホース is the word.
Use 「ホース」 for the flexible tube that carries water, choose among 「ショース」, 「ホーズ」, and 長靴下 for hose as legwear (stockings, socks, hosiery), and treat 蛇管 as a less common word for a flexible, coiling tube.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese equivalents
