Translation guide
A thin, translucent fabric used for medical dressings, crafts, or clothing. In Japanese, the most common equivalent is ガーゼ, a loanword from German, used especially for medical gauze. For fine silk or craft gauze, other terms like 紗 or 絽 may apply.
The most common use: a thin, loosely woven cotton fabric used for bandages, wound dressing, or swabs.
The standard term for medical gauze. A loanword from German 'Gaze'. Used in hospitals, pharmacies, and first-aid kits.
Please apply gauze to the wound.
I bought sterile gauze at the pharmacy.
A delicate, sheer fabric used for clothing, veils, or craft projects, often made of silk or synthetic fibers.
Refers to a fine, plain-weave silk gauze, often used for traditional Japanese garments like summer kimono or veils. Can also be used for craft materials.
This stole is made of silk gauze.
A type of silk gauze with a leno weave, characterized by twisted warp threads creating a mesh-like texture. Often used for high-end summer kimono.
A direct loanword from English 'gauze', sometimes used in fashion or craft contexts, but less common than ガーゼ or 紗.
A mesh of fine wire used in chemistry labs to support containers over a flame.
Literally 'metal net'. The standard term for wire gauze in laboratory settings.
Place the beaker on the wire gauze and heat it.
While ガーゼ is the most common word, it primarily refers to medical cotton gauze. For fine silk or craft gauze, use 紗 (sha) or 絽 (ro) to avoid confusion.
silk gauze (may sound like medical gauze made of silk)
Ro-weave kimono are cool in summer.
I'm looking for a blouse made of gauze material.