Translation guide
The English word 'default' has several distinct meanings. This guide covers the most common uses: a preset option or standard setting, a failure to fulfill an obligation (especially financial), and the automatic outcome when no alternative is chosen.
Referring to a value, setting, or option that is automatically used unless changed.
A loanword from English, widely used in computing and everyday contexts for default settings or values.
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Literally 'initial setting', used for factory defaults or initial configuration.
Please reset to the default settings.
Means 'standard' and can be used for default options in a general sense.
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Describing a situation where someone fails to repay a loan or fulfill a contractual duty.
The formal legal and financial term for defaulting on a debt.
The company defaulted on its debt.
Also used in financial contexts as a loanword, especially in news.
Means 'unable to repay', used to describe a state of default.
The country defaulted on its loans.
Referring to what happens if no specific choice is made, or the usual way something is done.
Means 'unless specified otherwise', used to describe a default condition in instructions or rules.
By default, the meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Means 'automatically', often used to convey that something happens by default.
Means 'established' or 'prearranged', used in formal contexts for default rules.
ギリシャのデフォルト危機
the Greek default crisis
If you do nothing, it will be updated by default.
Follow the default rules.