Translation guide
The English word 'aerosol' can refer to a suspension of fine particles in gas, a spray can product, or the spray itself. This guide covers how to express these concepts naturally in Japanese.
Referring to a pressurized can that dispenses a spray, such as deodorant, paint, or insecticide.
The most common direct loanword for 'aerosol' as a product or spray can. Widely understood.
このエアゾールは殺虫剤です。
This aerosol is an insecticide.
Literally 'spray can'. Used when emphasizing the container itself.
スプレー缶はリサイクルに出してください。
Please put aerosol cans out for recycling.
More technical term for 'aerosol can'. Used in industrial or safety contexts.
エアゾール缶は高温に注意してください。
Be careful with aerosol cans in high temperatures.
Referring to the fine mist or spray emitted from an aerosol can.
General term for 'spray'. Can refer to the mist itself or the act of spraying.
ヘアスプレーをかける。
To apply hair spray.
Means 'mist-like' or 'in the form of a fine spray'. Used to describe the physical state.
薬剤を霧状にして噴射する。
To spray the chemical in aerosol form.
Scientific term for 'aerosol' as a suspension of particles. Not used for consumer spray cans.
Referring to a colloidal suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas.
Standard scientific term for aerosol in physics, chemistry, and environmental science.
エアロゾル粒子の測定を行った。
We measured aerosol particles.
Older or more literary term for aerosol, literally 'smoke-fog substance'. Rarely used today.
エアゾール (eazōru) is the common loanword for consumer aerosol spray cans. エアロゾル (earozoru) is the scientific term for aerosol particles. Using the wrong one can sound unnatural.
エアゾールで髪を整える。
Style hair with aerosol spray.
エアロゾルが健康に及ぼす影響。
The effect of aerosols on health.
大気中のエアロゾルが気候に影響を与える。
Atmospheric aerosols affect the climate.
煙霧質の研究は歴史が古い。
Research on aerosols has a long history.