Translation guide
The English word 'gilt' can refer to gold leaf or gilding, a young female pig, or a financial term for a UK government bond. This guide focuses on the most common meanings for learners: the decorative gold coating and the animal.
Describing a surface coated with a thin layer of gold or gold-colored material, often used in art, decoration, or luxury items.
The standard term for gold leaf, used in art, crafts, and decoration. Can also refer to the gilded surface itself.
This Buddha statue is covered with gold leaf.
Crafts using gold leaf are on display.
Refers to gold plating, a process of coating a metal object with a thin layer of gold. More industrial than 金箔.
This watch is gold-plated.
A descriptive phrase meaning 'decorated with gold', often used for furniture, frames, or architectural details.
A gilt frame hangs on the wall.
Referring to a young female pig, especially one that has not yet given birth. This is a specialized agricultural term.
Referring to a gilt-edged security, a bond issued by the UK government. This is a financial term.
The standard term for UK government bonds in Japanese financial contexts. Often used in news and investment discussions.
Investors bought gilts as a safe asset.
A direct loanword from English, used in some financial contexts. Less common than 英国債 but understood by specialists.
Gilt yields are rising.
The English words 'gilt' and 'guilt' sound similar but have completely different meanings. 'Gilt' refers to gold coating or a pig; 'guilt' is a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing. In Japanese, these are entirely separate concepts.
That gilt hasn't had piglets yet.