Translation guide
A chute is a sloping channel or passage for sliding things down. In Japanese, different words are used depending on what is being sent down and the context.
A sloping channel for sliding things like packages, laundry, or debris down.
The most common general term for a chute, borrowed from English. Used for laundry chutes, mail chutes, and similar.
I threw the laundry into the chute.
Literally 'sliding platform'. Often used for playground slides, but can refer to a chute for objects in some contexts.
We send the packages down the chute.
Means 'drop opening'. Used in technical or architectural contexts for a chute opening.
The garbage chute is here.
An inflatable slide used for emergency evacuation from aircraft or buildings.
A narrow channel for directing water, often in industrial or amusement park settings.
A vertical shaft in a building for dropping trash or laundry to a central collection point.
The building's evacuation chute is inspected regularly.
We run the water through a chute.