How to say "wiring" in Japanese

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  • 配線はいせんCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers wiring as a physical thing or arrangement: the electric wires installed in a building, machine, or circuit. This is the word you want for everyday electrical wiring.
    配線はいせんを間違まちがえないように注意ちゅういしてキットを組み立くみたてた。↗
    I built the kit taking care not to make mistakes in the wiring.
  • 打電だでんCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbRefers to sending a telegram or telegraphing; it matches 'wiring' only in the sense of wiring someone a message, not electrical wiring. For physical wiring it is not the word you want.

Use 配線 for wiring in the physical sense of electric wires laid in circuits or equipment; 打電 means sending a telegram, so it fits only when 'wiring' means telegraphing someone.

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