How to say "jet" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounCovers 'jet' in the machine sense — a jet aircraft. This loanword is what you reach for in aviation and air-travel contexts, not for liquid or gas spurting out.
- 噴射ふんしゃnoun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'jet' as the forceful spouting or spraying of liquid or gas — the action or emission itself, not a machine. For a jet aircraft this is not the word you want.
Choose 「ジェット」 when 'jet' means the aircraft, and 噴射 when it means liquid or gas being forced out in a stream or spray; the two cover different senses and are not interchangeable.
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