Translation guide
The English word 'creeper' can refer to a plant that grows along the ground or up surfaces, a person or thing that creeps, or a type of shoe. This guide covers the most common Japanese equivalents for these meanings.
A plant that grows along the ground or climbs walls, trees, etc.
General term for climbing or trailing plants, including creepers and vines.
このつる植物は壁を覆っている。
This creeper covers the wall.
Botanical term for creeping plants that spread horizontally along the ground.
匍匐植物は地面を這うように広がる。
Creepers spread by crawling along the ground.
Specifically refers to ivy or certain climbing plants like Boston ivy. Often used in names.
蔦が壁に絡まっている。
Ivy is entwined around the wall.
A person who creeps around, often in a suspicious or unsettling way.
Describes someone who acts sneakily or furtively, like a creeper.
あのこそこそする人は何をしているんだろう。
What is that creeper doing?
Loanword for 'stalker', often used for someone who follows or watches others obsessively.
彼はストーカーみたいに彼女をつけ回している。
He's following her around like a creeper.
Literally 'creepy person', used for someone who gives off an unsettling vibe.
あの気味の悪い人がずっとこっちを見ている。
That creeper keeps staring this way.
A type of shoe, often with a thick crepe sole, popular in certain subcultures.
Loanword directly from English, used in fashion contexts.
彼女はクリーパーを履いてパンクファッションを楽しんでいる。
She wears creepers and enjoys punk fashion.
General term for thick-soled shoes, which includes creepers.
あの厚底靴はクリーパーと呼ばれている。
Those thick-soled shoes are called creepers.