How to say "mounting" in Japanese

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  • noun, suru verbCovers the general sense of setting things up: installing, arranging, or getting equipment into place. Its 'mounting' is this loose set-up sense; 装着 is the more specific word for fitting a part onto something.
    セッティングは整ととのえておいたから、後あとはまーくんが根性こんじょう見みせなきゃダメだからね?↗
    I've set the stage so now you just have to show some guts, OK?
  • 騎乗きじょうCommon
    noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'mounting' only in the sense of getting onto a horse; it also means riding on horseback. The word to use when the context is horses and riding.
  • noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'mounting' as an animal behaviour: one animal mounting another. The loanword used in talk about pets and animal behaviour, a sense unrelated to equipment or horses.
  • 表装ひょうそうCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'mounting' of pictures: affixing a painting or artwork to a backing, as in scroll mounting; it also means binding a book. The word for art and bookbinding, not for equipment.
  • 装着そうちゃくCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'mounting' as fitting or attaching: equipping something with a part or device, installing components onto a machine or vehicle. The choice when one thing is physically fitted onto another.

Match the sense: 騎乗 for mounting a horse, 「マウンティング」 for animal behaviour, 表装 for mounting pictures or binding books, 装着 for fitting equipment onto something, and 「セッティング」 for setting up or arranging in general.

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