How to say "netting" in Japanese

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  • 網あみJLPT N1approx.Common
    nounCovers netting as a physical thing — a net itself or the meshed material it is made of. The common word, and the one you want for a net used to catch fish or insects.
    あみでせみを捕つかまえた。↗
    We captured cicadas with a net.
  • nounA direct borrowing of English 'netting'. It is less common than 網, which is the word you will normally want for an actual net or its meshed material.

Use the common word 網 for netting in the concrete sense of a net or its meshed material; 「ネッティング」 is the English word borrowed into Japanese and is the less common choice.

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