Translation guide
The English verb 'compress' covers physical squeezing, digital file compression, and abstract shortening. This guide helps learners choose the right Japanese expression for each context.
Compress a file
Compress air
To apply pressure to reduce the size or volume of something, such as a sponge, spring, or air.
General term for compressing something physically, like air or data. Used in both technical and everyday contexts.
Compress air.
To compress by pressing or pushing, often used for soft objects like clothes or sponges.
Compress the futon and put it in a bag.
To shorten or shrink something, often implying compression in length or size. Can be used for physical objects.
To compress by applying pressure, often used in industrial or mechanical contexts, like pressing oil from seeds.
To make a computer file smaller, such as zipping a folder or compressing an image.
The standard term for file compression. Used for ZIP, image, video, etc.
Please compress the file and send it.
Specifically refers to compressing into a ZIP archive.
Compress the folder into a ZIP file.
To make a story, explanation, or time period shorter by removing details.
To summarize or condense information, focusing on key points. Common for texts or presentations.
Compress a long report.
To shorten or abbreviate, often used for time, words, or processes.
Compress the meeting time.
To reduce in scale or scope, can be used for shortening content or time.
Compress the presentation content.
To condense or concentrate, often used for making something dense with meaning or essence.
圧縮する is the most versatile and can be used for physical, digital, and abstract compression. 縮める is more about shrinking or shortening something in a physical sense, like a spring or a distance. For file compression, always use 圧縮する.
Compress data.
Shorten the distance.
バネを縮める。
Compress a spring.
Compress seeds to extract oil.
His words compress a lot of experience.