How to say "label" in Japanese

• タグCommon
  nounCovers 'label' in the sense of a tag attached to an item, such as a clothing tag, and for tags assigned to digital content. A printed sticker on a product is more likely ラベル.
  順じゅんを追おって基本的きほんてきなタグを覚おぼえていこう。↗

  Let's learn the basic tags in order.
• ラベルJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe most direct equivalent of 'label': a printed or sticker label giving information about a product, container, or file, as on bottles, jars, packages, or folders.
  このラベルは簡単かんたんにつきますよ。↗

  This label sticks easily.
• レッテルCommon
  nounChiefly figurative: a label attached to a person or thing that characterizes them, often unfairly, as in being labeled a troublemaker; only secondarily a physical sticker.
  そして、こうしたものからほんのわずかしか隔へだたっていない知覚ちかくが、直接的ちょくせつてきな信号しんごうがまったくないのにおこる、「超ちょう感覚かんかく的てきな」というレッテルを付つけざるを得えない知覚ちかくなのである。↗

  And it is only a very short step from there, to perception which occurs in the absence of all immediate signals and has to be labeled extrasensory.
• 荷札にふだCommon
  nounA tag or label attached to luggage, parcels, or shipped goods, typically showing the destination, owner, or contents; use it in shipping and travel contexts, not for labeling in general.
  かばん全部ぜんぶに荷札にふだをつけなさい。↗

  Attach labels to all the bags.
• 名札なふだJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA label bearing a person's name: a name tag worn on clothing or a name plate displayed at a desk or seat. Not the word for labels in general.
  自分じぶんの荷にに名札なふだを付つけたけれども、すぐに取とれてしまった。↗

  I attached my name-tag to my baggage, but it soon came off.

Use 「ラベル」 for ordinary printed or sticker labels, 「タグ」 for tags attached to items or digital content, 荷札 for tags on luggage and shipments, 名札 for labels giving names, and 「レッテル」 for figurative labels on people.

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• タグtag
• ラベルlabel
• レッテルlabel
• 荷札にふだlabel
• 名札なふだname plate
• マークmark
• 張り紙はりがみpaper patch attached to something
• 銘打つめいうつto engrave an inscription
• 札を付けるふだをつけるto label
• 名礼なれlabel (e.g. in programming languages)
• レッテルを貼るレッテルをはるto label (someone as)
• 標示ひょうじmark
• 下げ札さげふだtag
• 付け札つけふだtag
• 付け紙つけがみtag
• 付票ふひょうtag
• 付箋ふせんsticky note
• ステッカーsticker
• 札ふだlabel
• 票ひょうlabel
• 箋せんtag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.)
• エチケット(wine) label