How to say "picket" in Japanese

• 杭くいCommon
  nounCovers the concrete sense of a picket as a physical stake or post driven into the ground, as in a fence. For picketing workers, this is not the word you want; it really means 'stake' or 'post'.
  マンション用よう地ちは杭くいで囲かこまれている。↗

  The site of the condominium is enclosed with stakes.
• ピケ
  nounRefers to pickets in the labor-dispute sense, especially a picket line formed by strikers. It is an abbreviation and a less common word, so learners may encounter it more often in news reporting than use it themselves.
• ピケット
  nounAlso covers the picket in the labor sense, a striker standing picket or a picket line. It is listed as less common, but it is the more transparent form and is a safe choice when referring to people picketing.

Use 杭 for a physical stake or post, 「ピケ」 or 「ピケット」 for a person or group picketing (especially on a picket line), with 「ピケ」 being the less common abbreviation.

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• 杭くいstake
• ピケpicket
• ピケットpicket