スクラップsukurappu

Common
Definitions
  1. nounscrap (metal)
    この車くるまはもうすぐスクラップだ。↗
    This car will soon have to go for scrap.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbclipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting
  3. nounscrapbook
Conjugation
Dictionary formスクラップする
Polite (masu)スクラップします
Negative (nai)スクラップしない
polite (masen)スクラップしません
classical zu / nuスクラップせず・スクラップせぬ
Past (ta)スクラップした
polite (mashita)スクラップしました
Past negative (nakatta)スクラップしなかった
polite (masen deshita)スクラップしませんでした
Te formスクラップして
Potentialスクラップできる
Passiveスクラップされる
Causativeスクラップさせる
Causative passiveスクラップさせられる
Conditional (ba)スクラップすれば
taraスクラップしたら
Volitionalスクラップしよう
polite (mashou)スクラップしましょう
Imperativeスクラップしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymくずNeutralFragments or bits of waste, also an insult for a worthless person; 「スクラップ」 usually means scrap metal or a newspaper clipping.
  • Synonym廃物はいぶつWrittenWritten-style word for things thrown away as useless; 「スクラップ」 leans toward recyclable scrap metal.
  • RelatedガラクタCasualColloquial word for a jumble of useless odds and ends; 「スクラップ」 centers on scrap metal.
  • Related屑物くずものNeutralDiscarded goods or shoddy, worthless products; 「スクラップ」 usually means scrap metal or clippings.
  • RelatedトラッシュCasualA loanword for trash or garbage, used only occasionally; 「スクラップ」 means scrap material or clippings.
  • Related塵芥じんかいWrittenWritten word for garbage and dust, also figuratively for worthless things; 「スクラップ」 leans toward scrap material.
  • Antonym新造しんぞうWrittenWritten word for new construction, as in a newly built ship; the opposite of 「スクラップ」 in the sense of scrapping.

Use 「スクラップ」 for scrap metal and newspaper clippings. For loose fragments or insulting someone, 「屑」 fits; 「がらくた」 for junk odds and ends; 「廃物」 and 「塵芥」 in written prose; 「新造」 is the opposite, a new build.

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Japanese definitions
  1. くず、廃物はいぶつ。
  2. 切り抜きりぬき。
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