How to say "pore" in Japanese

• 毛穴けあなCommon
  nounPores of the skin, as on the face — the common word, and the natural choice when talking about skin, skincare, or cosmetics.
  刺激しげきを受うけ続つづけると肌はだの保護ほご作用さようにより角質かくしつが肥厚ひこうして、ゴワゴワしたり硬かたくなって、毛穴けあなが目立めだってきます。↗

  If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.
• 気孔きこう
  nounThis is the botanical term for a stoma, a small pore on plant surfaces; it also covers pores or small voids in materials. It is not used for pores of the skin — use 毛穴.
• 細孔さいこう
  nounA technical term for minute pores, especially those of porous materials; it can also mean a small cavity. It is not the word for pores of the skin — that is 毛穴.
• 気孔体きこうたい
  nounA less common word whose senses — pores and stomata — overlap with 気孔. For the stomata of plants, 気孔 is the usual term, so this is seldom the word you want.
• 毛孔もうこう
  nounAlso means pores of the skin — the same sense as 毛穴 — but it is less common, and 毛穴 is the word you will normally want.

For pores of the skin use 毛穴; 気孔 covers plant stomata and pores in materials, 細孔 is the technical term for tiny pores in porous substances, while 気孔体 and 毛孔 are less common words you will seldom need.

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

• 毛穴けあなpore (of the skin)
• 気孔きこうpore
• 細孔さいこうpore
• 気孔体きこうたいpore
• 毛孔もうこうpore (of the skin)
• すcavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.)