ケーブルkeeburu

1. nouncable
   海底かいていケーブルが両国りょうこくの間あいだに引ひかれた。↗

   A submarine cable was laid between the two countries.
2. nouncable railway

• Synonym電線でんせんNeutralEveryday word for overhead or indoor power lines and telephone lines; 「ケーブル」 usually means bundled, sheathed cable, and also network cables and the like.
• Synonym電纜でんらんWrittenTechnical, written term for insulated power or communication cables; 「ケーブル」 is the everyday word and can also mean steel cable or a cable car.
• RelatedワイヤNeutralRefers to metal wire or wire rope, and also to electric wire; it stresses the metal strand itself, while 「ケーブル」 usually means sheathed cable and can mean a cable car.
• Related線せんNeutralThe broadest term, covering any slender line or route; when you mean a specific cable, 「ケーブル」 is clearer.
• Related綱つなNeutralRope made of hemp, straw and the like, not limited to metal; 「ケーブル」 leans toward industrial cables such as steel or electric cable.
• Related鋼索こうさくWrittenTechnical written term for a steel cable twisted from wire; in speech people usually say 「ワイヤロープ」 or 「ケーブル」.
• Related索条さくじょうWrittenSpecialist term for wire rope, seen mainly in engineering contexts such as ropeways and lifting; everyday speech uses 「ワイヤロープ」.
• Related鉄索てっさくWrittenMeans steel cable and also cableway, but sounds old-fashioned and literary; ropeways today are usually called 「ロープウェイ」 or 「ケーブルカー」.
• Related導線どうせんWrittenA wire for conducting electricity, common in science and electrical work; it also means the flow of people in a store, a sense unrelated to 「ケーブル」.

For everyday cables use 「ケーブル」; for lines on utility poles use 「電線」, and for wire rope or metal wire use 「ワイヤ」. Terms like 「電纜」, 「鋼索」 and 「索条」 are mainly for technical contexts.

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1. 大麻たいまや針金はりがねを寄り合よりあわせた太ふとく丈夫じょうぶな綱つな。
2. 電線でんせんなどを絶縁体ぜつえんたいで覆おおい、それを束たばねてさらに外装がいそうをほどこしたもの。