Translation guide
The English verb "crimp" has several distinct meanings: to press into small folds or ridges, to connect wires or metal with a tool, to restrict or hinder, and in specialized contexts like baking or hairdressing. This guide covers the most common uses for learners.
To create a series of small, regular folds or waves in a material, such as hair, fabric, paper, or pastry edges.
General verb meaning to make something crimped, curled, or frizzy. Often used for hair or fabric.
She crimped her hair with a curling iron.
Literally 'to attach a wave pattern'. Used for creating crimped edges on pastry or decorative paper.
Please crimp the edges of the pie.
Means to pleat or crimp, often used for fabric or paper crafts.
She crimped the fabric to make a skirt.
Loanword from English, used in specific contexts like hairdressing or crafts.
Crimped hair is in fashion.
To join two pieces of metal or wire by deforming one or both to hold the other, often in electrical or mechanical work.
Standard technical term for crimping in electrical and mechanical contexts.
Crimp the terminal onto the wire.
Verb meaning to crimp, swage, or caulk. Common in metalworking and plumbing.
Loanword used in some technical fields, but less common than 圧着する.
Crimp the connector with this tool.
To put a crimp in something means to interfere with or restrict an activity, plan, or development.
Formal phrase meaning to cause a hindrance or obstacle. Often used in business or serious contexts.
Budget cuts put a crimp in the plan.
Means to become an obstacle or hindrance. Slightly less formal than 支障をきたす.
The bad weather put a crimp in our trip.
Casual verb meaning to disturb or interfere. Suitable for everyday situations.
His lateness put a crimp in the meeting.
Idiomatic expression meaning to throw cold water on something, to dampen enthusiasm or disrupt a good situation.
To press the edges of a pie or pastry together using fingers or a fork to seal the filling inside.
To style hair into tight, zigzag waves using a special crimping iron.
Uses the loanword 'crimp iron' and the verb for curling. Common in beauty contexts.
She crimped her hair with a crimping iron.
Direct loanword usage, common among younger speakers or in salons.
I crimped my hair today.
The English idiom 'put a crimp in' does not translate directly. Use phrases like 支障をきたす or 妨げになる instead of trying to use クリンプ.
パイプの端をかしめて接続した。
He crimped the end of the pipe to connect it.
His negative comment put a crimp in the fun atmosphere.
Crimp the edges of the dough.