How to say "template" in Japanese

• 鋳型いがたCommon
  nounEssentially a casting mold: a hollow form into which molten metal is poured, as in a foundry. Its 'template' sense keeps that concrete image, not a pattern or model to copy.
  人間にんげんは鋳型いがたに入いれて作つくるわけにはいかない。↗

  A man cannot be made in a mold.
• 型かたJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe broader word: mold, model, pattern. Use it when 'template' means a ready-made pattern or model that fixes the shape or style of something — a set form to copy or reproduce.
  その像ぞうは型かたに入いれられて作つくられた。↗

  The statue was cast in a mold.

Choose 鋳型 when 'template' means the physical mold — a form molten metal is cast in — and 型 for the broader senses, where a template is a pattern, model, or set form to copy.

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• 鋳型いがたmold
• テンプレートtemplate
• テンプレtemplate
• モールドmold
• 定型文ていけいぶんfixed phrase
• 型かたmold