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.
この仏像には金箔が貼ってある。
This Buddha statue is covered with gold leaf.
金箔を使った工芸品を展示しています。
We are exhibiting crafts that use gold leaf.
Gold leaf paper, often used for crafts or wrapping. Slightly more specific than 金箔.
金箔紙で包装されたチョコレート。
Chocolate wrapped in gold leaf paper.
The technique or process of applying gold leaf; also refers to items decorated with gold leaf.
金箔押しの技法は金沢で発展した。
The technique of gold leaf application developed in Kanazawa.
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.
このケーキには食用金箔がのっています。
This cake has edible gold leaf on it.
金 (きん) means gold, and 箔 (はく) means foil or leaf. The reading ぱく is a rendaku (voicing) of はく.
In food contexts, 金箔 alone often implies edible gold leaf, but 食用金箔 is clearer.
金箔入りの日本酒を飲んだ。
I drank sake with gold leaf in it.