How to say "wireless" in Japanese

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  • no-adjectiveThe straightforward loanword for 'wireless', used in product and technology contexts such as wireless devices and connections. Nuance is that of the English term itself, heard as-is in shops and specifications.
  • 無線むせんJLPT N1approx.Common
    no-adjectiveThe Japanese word for 'wireless', meaning not using wires; it also reads naturally as 'radio' in contexts like radio communication. Choose it for native phrasing, especially for radio-related wireless communication.

Both words cover the 'wireless' sense broadly: 「ワイヤレス」 is the loanword, 無線 is the native term, so the choice is largely one of loanword versus Japanese word rather than meaning.

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