How to say "jack" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounThe mechanical lifting device — the tool placed under a car to raise it, say when changing a tire. It covers the equipment sense of 'jack', not the playing card.
- nounThe playing-card jack, the court card also called the knave, ranked between the ten and the queen. This is the word for 'jack' in card games, not for the lifting tool.
- 十一じゅういちnounThis is the ordinary Japanese word for 'eleven'. It is at best a marginal way to say 'jack', so it is seldom the word you want for that meaning.
Use 「ジャッキ」 for the lifting tool, 「ジャック」 for the playing-card jack, and treat 十一 as simply 'eleven', since it is only a marginal way to say 'jack'.
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