Translation guide
A moving belt that transports items, used in factories, airports, and sushi restaurants. The most common Japanese term is ベルトコンベア, but other words exist for specific contexts.
ベルトコンベア
conveyor belt (general)
A mechanical moving belt for transporting goods, packages, or materials in factories, warehouses, airports, etc.
The most common and widely understood term for a conveyor belt in industrial and everyday contexts. A loanword from English.
工場ではベルトコンベアが製品を運んでいます。
In the factory, a conveyor belt carries the products.
Shortened form of ベルトコンベア, common in technical or industrial settings.
このコンベアの速度を調整してください。
Please adjust the speed of this conveyor.
An alternative spelling of ベルトコンベア, sometimes seen in older or technical documents.
ベルトコンベヤーの点検を行います。
We will inspect the conveyor belt.
The rotating conveyor belt that carries plates of sushi in a kaiten-zushi restaurant.
Specifically refers to the conveyor belt lane in a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant. 回転 means 'rotation' and レーン is 'lane'.
回転レーンからお寿司を取ってください。
Please take sushi from the conveyor belt.
Also used in sushi restaurants, but 回転レーン is more specific and common in this context.
このお店のベルトコンベアは速いですね。
The conveyor belt in this restaurant is fast, isn't it?
The conveyor belt that delivers checked luggage at an airport.
Descriptive phrase: 'baggage claim conveyor belt'. Often shortened in context.
手荷物受取所のベルトコンベアで荷物を待っています。
I'm waiting for my luggage at the baggage claim conveyor belt.
Literally 'turntable', often used for the circular baggage carousel, which is a type of conveyor belt.
荷物はあのターンテーブルから出てきます。
The luggage will come out on that carousel.
While ベルトコンベア is understood in most situations, using more specific terms like 回転レーン for sushi restaurants or ターンテーブル for airport carousels can sound more natural.