Translation guide
Gold leaf refers to very thin sheets of gold used for decoration. In Japanese, it is most commonly expressed as 金箔 (きんぱく).
The material itself: thin sheets of gold used for gilding or decoration.
The standard term for gold leaf. Used in art, crafts, architecture, and food decoration.
Gold leaf paper, often used for crafts or wrapping. Slightly more specific than 金箔.
The technique or process of applying gold leaf; also refers to items decorated with gold leaf.
Gold leaf used as a food decoration, often on sweets or in sake.
Specifically edible gold leaf. Used to clarify that it is safe to eat.
金 (きん) means gold, and 箔 (はく) means foil or leaf. The reading ぱく is a rendaku (voicing) of はく.
この仏像には金箔が貼ってある。
This Buddha statue is covered with gold leaf.
We are exhibiting crafts that use gold leaf.
Chocolate wrapped in gold leaf paper.
The technique of gold leaf application developed in Kanazawa.
This cake has edible gold leaf on it.
In food contexts, 金箔 alone often implies edible gold leaf, but 食用金箔 is clearer.
I drank sake with gold leaf in it.