針金|はりがねharigane[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounwire私達は二本の柱の間に針金を張った。↗We extended a wire between two posts.
- SynonymワイヤNeutralKatakana loanword from English 'wire'; labeled neutral in register. Typical of technical and product terminology and set borrowings, while 針金 is the ordinary word for thin metal wire.
Choose 針金 for everyday physical wire; pick ワイヤ, the neutral English loanword, in technical, commercial, and borrowed-compound contexts where the katakana form is standard.
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