Translation guide
How to express 'full screen' in Japanese, covering computing contexts like maximizing windows, fullscreen mode, and full-screen display.
The mode where an application or video occupies the entire screen, hiding desktop elements.
The most common and direct loanword for 'full screen' in computing contexts. Used for fullscreen mode in apps, videos, and games.
Watch the video in full screen.
Switch to fullscreen mode.
A more formal or technical Japanese term for 'full-screen display'. Often used in software menus or documentation.
A less common abbreviation of 'full screen', sometimes used in casual tech talk.
This game can be played in full screen.
To make a window occupy the entire screen, but still showing the taskbar/dock (not fullscreen mode).
The standard verb for 'maximize' a window. Use this when you want a window to fill the screen but not enter fullscreen mode.
Please maximize the window.
Literally 'make it full screen', but can be ambiguous between maximize and true fullscreen. Often used in casual instructions.
View it with the browser in full screen.
Describing something that is displayed using the entire screen, like a full-screen image or video.
「フルスクリーン」 usually means true fullscreen mode where the app takes over the entire display, hiding the taskbar and other elements. 「最大化」 means maximizing a window to fill the screen but still within the desktop environment. In casual use, 「全画面」 can refer to either, so context matters.
Launch the game in fullscreen.
Maximize Excel and work.
Press the F11 key to go to full-screen display.