How to say "packaging" in Japanese

• 外装がいそうCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers packaging in the sense of a product's outer covering or exterior, e.g. a box's outer casing. It also means cladding and even armor, so in many contexts it is really 'exterior' rather than packaging.
• 梱包こんぽうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe usual word for packaging as the act and materials of packing things up for shipping or storage, with crating among its senses. Choose this for boxes, wrapping, and packing goods for transport.
• 容器ようきJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounRefers to the container itself — a box, bottle, or receptacle holding something — rather than to wrapping or the packing process. It is packaging only insofar as the vessel holding the product is the packaging.
  これらの容器ようきは気密きみつになっている。↗

  These containers are airtight.

For 'packaging' as wrapping and packing material use 梱包; for the container or receptacle itself use 容器; for the outer covering or exterior of a product use 外装, though it often means cladding or armor.

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

• 外装がいそうexterior
• 梱包こんぽうpacking
• 容器ようきcontainer
• パッケージングpackaging
• 荷姿にすがたpacking
• 緩衝材かんしょうざいcushioning
• 実装じっそうimplementation (e.g. of a feature)