How to say "stamp" in Japanese

• 印いんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers a seal or stamp, often as a mark pressed onto something. It appears in formal and written contexts, and in compounds, rather than as the everyday word people say when stamping or sealing a document.
• スタンプCommon
  nounThe loanword for a stamp or the mark one leaves: loyalty-card stamps, date stamps, rubber stamps. Use it when referring to the stamped impression or the stamping action rather than a personal seal.
• 切手きってJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounSpecifically a postage stamp, the kind you stick on mail. When the English 'stamp' means the thing you buy at the post office, this is the word to use; it does not refer to seals or stamped marks.
  趣味しゅみは切手きってを集あつめることです。↗

  My hobby is collecting stamps.
• 印鑑いんかんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA personal seal, especially the registered seal used for official and financial paperwork in place of a signature. For the 'stamp' meaning a personal sealing device, this is a natural choice alongside はんこ.
• はんこJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe everyday word for a seal or personal stamp used in lieu of a signature. For stamping documents in daily life, this is usually the word you want; it is normally written in kana.

For postage stamps use 切手; for seals used in place of signatures choose 「はんこ」 or 印鑑; 印 and 「スタンプ」 cover stamping generally, with 「スタンプ」 the loanword for stamped marks and impressions.

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• 印いんstamp
• スタンプstamp
• 切手きってstamp (postage)
• 印鑑いんかんstamp
• はんこseal (used in lieu of a signature)
• 判はんseal
• 印章いんしょうstamp
• つくto hull (rice, barley, etc.)
• 銘ずるめいずるto stamp
• 印顆いんかstamp
• 印するいんするto stamp (one's mark, etc.)
• 銘じるめいじるto stamp
• 銘するめいするto stamp
• 震脚しんきゃくstamp (in Chinese martial arts)
• 印判いんばんseal
• 極印ごくいんhallmark
• 印すしるすto leave (a mark, trace, etc.)
• 突き砕くつきくだくto grind up
• 印紙いんし(revenue) stamp
• 証紙しょうし(inspection or certification) stamp
• 押すおすto stamp (e.g. one's name)
• 蹴るけるto stamp (on the ground)
• 刻印こくいんbrand (i.e. a mark of disgrace)
• 版行はんこうseal (used in lieu of a signature)