粘土・埴土・埴|ねんどnendo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounclay
   彼かれは粘土ねんどで像ぞうを形作かたちづくった。↗

   He shaped the statue from clay.

• SynonymクレーNeutralKatakana loanword from English 'clay'; neutral in register and matching 粘土 in meaning, but 粘土 is the default in everyday use, with クレー appearing mainly in set compounds and specialized terms.

Both words mean clay: 粘土 is the everyday term for the material, while the loanword クレー, though neutral in register, is less common in speech and tends to appear in set compounds and technical contexts.

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