How to say "recorder" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounThe recording device: a machine that records sound or data, such as a tape recorder or the time recorder at an office. Use this for the equipment sense of 'recorder'.
- 笛ふえnounThe musical instrument: the general word for flutelike wind instruments — flute, fife, pipe — and it can refer to a recorder. It covers that whole family, so it does not single the recorder out.
Use 「レコーダー」 for the recording device — a tape or time recorder — and 笛 for the musical instrument, though 笛 is the general word for flutes and pipes rather than the recorder specifically.
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