How to say "mounting" in Japanese
- 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.
- 騎乗きじょう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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- セッティングsetting
- 騎乗きじょうriding (on horseback)
- マウンティングmounting (animal behaviour)
- 表装ひょうそうmounting (of a picture)
- 装着そうちゃくequipping
- 据え付けすえつけinstallation
- 実装じっそうimplementation (e.g. of a feature)
- 取り付けとりつけinstallation
- 表具ひょうぐmounting (a picture)
- 乗駕じょうがmounting (during animal copulation)
- 装架そうかmount (for equipment)
- 台だいsetting (of a gem)
- マウントmounting (e.g. a drive)
- 剥製はくせいstuffing
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