針金|はりがねharigane[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounwire
    私達わたしたちは二に本ぽんの柱はしらの間あいだに針金はりがねを張はった。↗
    We extended a wire between two posts.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 金属きんぞくを細ほそく長ながく引き伸ひきのばし線せん状じょうにしたもの。ワイヤ。
  2. 電線でんせん。コード。
  3. 硬かたくゆでた麺めん。
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