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.
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.
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.
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.
We will inspect the conveyor belt.
The rotating conveyor belt that carries plates of sushi in a kaiten-zushi restaurant.
The conveyor belt that delivers checked luggage at an airport.
Descriptive phrase: 'baggage claim conveyor belt'. Often shortened in context.
I'm waiting for my luggage at the baggage claim conveyor belt.
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.
Also used in sushi restaurants, but 回転レーン is more specific and common in this context.
The conveyor belt in this restaurant is fast, isn't it?
Literally 'turntable', often used for the circular baggage carousel, which is a type of conveyor belt.
The luggage will come out on that carousel.