How to say "pier" in Japanese

• 埠頭ふとうCommon
  nounCovers 'pier' in the harbor sense: a wharf, quay, or dock in a port where ships moor and cargo is loaded and unloaded, rather than a small walkway for boarding boats.
  ジムは埠頭ふとうへ釣つりに行いった。↗

  Jim went fishing from the pier.
• 突堤とっていCommon
  nounCovers 'pier' in the jetty or breakwater sense: a solid structure projecting from the shore into the water, as at a harbor mouth, not a walkway for strolling or boarding.
• 門柱もんちゅうCommon
  nounCovers only the architectural sense of 'pier': a gatepost, the post at either side of a gate. For a pier extending into the water, this is not the word you want.
  彼女かのじょの車くるまは不注意ふちゅういから門柱もんちゅうにぶつかった。↗

  Her car struck against the gatepost through her carelessness.
• 桟橋さんばしJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounUse this for a pier you can walk out on: a landing stage or jetty extending over the water, the kind you board a small boat from or fish from.

Choose 桟橋 for a pier you walk out on to board a boat, 埠頭 for a port's wharf or dock area, 突堤 for a jetty or breakwater, and 門柱 only for the gatepost sense.

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

• 埠頭ふとうpier
• 突堤とっていjetty
• 門柱もんちゅうgatepost
• 桟橋さんばしwharf
• ピアーpier
• 窓間壁そうかんへきpier
• ピロティpile