How to say "leakage" in Japanese

• 漏出ろうしゅつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe broadest term of the three: leakage as an outflow, something escaping from a container or space. Use it when you mean the act or process of leaking out itself.
• リークCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA katakana loanword for leakage of electricity: the unintended escape of current. Keep it to electrical contexts; for gas, liquid, or light, 漏出 or 漏洩 are the words to use.
• 漏洩ろうえいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers leakage of gas, liquid, and similar substances, including gas escaping and light coming through. Use it when the leaked thing is a gas, a liquid, or light.

Choose according to what escapes: 漏出 covers leaking out in general, 「リーク」 is for electrical leakage, and 漏洩 for gas, liquid, or light getting out or coming through.

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

• 漏出ろうしゅつleaking out
• 漏れもれleak
• 液漏れえきもれleakage (especially of a battery)
• リーケージleakage
• 漏電ろうでんshort circuit
• 漏りもりleak
• リークleakage (of electricity)
• 漏洩ろうえいleak (of gas, liquid, etc.)