How to say "mark" in Japanese

• マークJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe loanword for a visible mark, sign or symbol, including an emblem; the default choice when you mean a graphic mark you can see, such as a symbol on a sign or a product.
  私はカレンダーの誕生日たんじょうびに赤あかいマークをつけた。↗

  I put a red mark on the calendar for my birthday.
• 目印めじるしJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounA mark made or chosen for quick identification or recognition: something you note or leave in place so that you can find or recognize it again, like a landmark used to locate a spot.
  彼女かのじょは自分じぶんの傘かさに赤あかいリボンで目印めじるしを付つけた。↗

  She put a red ribbon on her umbrella as a mark.
• しるしJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA mark or sign that indicates something: a token of a feeling or quality, a sign that something is the case, or a mark made or left in order to show something.
  発音はつおんできない語ごに印しるしをつけなさい。↗

  Mark the words which you cannot pronounce.
• スポットCommon
  nounMainly a spot or dot — a small roundish point — or a place; as a translation of 'mark' it is marginal, and for 'mark' in general it is seldom the word you want.
• 跡あとJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA mark left behind: a trace or track remaining after something has passed, happened or been removed — the mark that a presence or a passage leaves.
  その女性じょせいの顔かおには悲かなしみの跡あとがあった。↗

  The woman's face was marked with grief.

Use 「マーク」 for a visible mark or symbol, 目印 for a marker that helps you find or recognize something, 「しるし」 for a sign indicating something, 「スポット」 mainly for a spot or dot, and 跡 for a mark left behind.

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• マークmark
• 目印めじるしmark (for quick identification or recognition)
• しるしmark
• スポットspot
• 跡あとtrace
• 目当てめあてmark
• 記号きごうsign
• 痕跡こんせきtrace
• 標識ひょうしきsign
• 符号ふごうsign
• 点てんdot
• マルクmark (former currency of Germany)
• 的まとmark
• 銘打つめいうつto engrave an inscription
• 標章ひょうしょうemblem
• 標準ひょうじゅんstandard
• ちょぼdot
• ぽつdot
• 烙印らくいんbrand
• 標示ひょうじmark
• ガンを付けるガンをつけるto mark (a card; for cheating)
• 目星めぼしobjective
• 痕こんscar (e.g. from operation, injection)
• 符丁ふちょうsymbol
• 略号りゃくごうcode
• 標記ひょうきmarking
• 正鵠せいこくbull's-eye
• 特色づけるとくしょくづけるto distinguish
• ぽちdot
• 擦れすれchafing
• 大台おおだい(major) mark
• 目標もくひょうmark
• 飾るかざるto mark (e.g. the day with a victory)
• 記すしるすto inscribe
• 告げるつげるto indicate
• 画するかくするto demarcate
• 印いんseal impression
• 符ふsign
• おしるしmark
• 焼きごてやきごてbrand
• 画すかくすto demarcate
• 坂さかmilestone
• 打つうつto insert
• 台だいlevel (e.g. price level)
• 見込むみこむto set one's eye on (e.g. prey)