How to say "transparency" in Japanese

• スライドJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers transparency in the photographic sense: an image on film, a slide, made to be projected or viewed against light. It never refers to figurative openness or clarity of mind.
• 透徹とうてつCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbDenotes transparency as penetrating clarity of mind, thought, or gaze — the quality of seeing through things lucidly. It is not used for physical transparency of materials or for institutional openness.
• ガラス張りガラスばりCommon
  no-adjectiveThis is the word for transparency in the figurative sense of openness and lack of secrecy — organizations, government, or business conducted so as to be open to scrutiny. Literally "glass-walled", hence the metaphor.

Use 「スライド」 for a photographic transparency to be projected, 「ガラス張り」 for the openness and lack of secrecy of organizations or dealings, and 透徹 for the penetrating clarity of a mind or gaze.

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• スライドslide (for projection)
• 透徹とうてつtransparency
• トラペンtransparency
• トランスペアレンシーtransparency
• 透過性とうかせいtransparency
• 透明性とうめいせいtransparency
• 透明度とうめいどtransparency
• 透視性とうしせいtransparency
• リバーサルフィルムreversal film
• 澄徹ちょうてつclearness (e.g. sky)
• 透かし絵すかしえ(artistic) transparency
• ガラス張りガラスばりtransparency
• スケルトンtransparency (revealing the inner workings of a device)
• 透明感とうめいかんtransparency (of a process, activity, etc.)