Translation guide
A clinker is a hard, stony residue from a furnace or kiln, or a mistake in music. This guide covers the main meanings useful to learners.
The hard, stony mass left after burning coal or in a furnace.
The direct loanword from English, commonly used in technical and industrial contexts.
ボイラーからクリンカーを取り除く必要がある。
We need to remove the clinker from the boiler.
A more formal or technical term for clinker, literally 'burnt lump'.
A term for slag or clinker in metallurgy, but can refer to furnace residue.
A wrong note or discordant sound in a musical performance.
A common phrase meaning 'to miss a note' or 'play a wrong note'.
彼は演奏中に音を外してしまった。
He hit a clinker during the performance.
In cement production, clinker is ground into powder.
Clinker accumulates at the bottom of the furnace.
A general loanword for 'mistake', often used in music contexts.
あのトランペット奏者はミスが多かった。
That trumpet player had a lot of clinkers.
Literally 'wrong note', a straightforward description.
間違った音を出してしまった。
I played a clinker.