金属|きんぞくkinzoku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounmetal
    鉄てつは最もっとも有用ゆうような金属きんぞくです。↗
    Iron is the most useful metal.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymメタルNeutralLoanword used mainly in compounds and product names or music genres, e.g. 「メタルラック」「ヘビーメタル」. In scientific contexts, say 「金属」.
  • Antonym非金属ひきんぞくNeutralA substance that lacks the properties of a metal; the direct opposite of 「金属」.

Use 「金属」 for metal in scientific and industrial contexts. 「メタル」 appears mostly in product names and music genres like 「ヘビーメタル」. 「非金属」 is the opposite — a substance with no metallic properties.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物質ぶっしつの一種いっしゅで、電子でんしが特定とくていの構成こうせい原子げんしに属ぞくさず、その物質ぶっしつ内部ないぶを自由じゆうに動うごきまわる金属きんぞく結合けつごうでできたもの。金きん、鉄てつ、ニッケルなど。特徴とくちょうとして固体こたいのとき研みがくと光沢こうたくをもつ(金属きんぞく光沢こうたく)、粘り強ねばりづよい、電気でんきや熱ねつの伝導でんどう性せいが高たかい、などがある。
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