Translation guide
A flexible, curved tube or arm, often used for lamps, microphones, or plumbing.
Describing a bendable, often metal, tube that holds position.
Direct loanword from English. Commonly used for lamps, microphones, and similar flexible arms.
This desk lamp has a gooseneck, so you can adjust the angle freely.
Generic term for a flexible arm, often used in technical contexts.
The microphone's flexible arm broke.
Literally 'free-moving arm'. Used in some product descriptions, but less common than loanwords.
I'm looking for a stand with a flexible arm.
The curved pipe under a sink that prevents odors.
General term for a plumbing trap. The gooseneck shape is implied in context.
There's a leak from the trap under the washbasin.
Specifically an S-shaped trap, which resembles a gooseneck.
This sink uses an S-trap.
Literal translation 'gooseneck pipe', used in technical plumbing contexts.
A type of trailer hitch that extends over the truck bed.
Loanword used in automotive and towing contexts.
Gooseneck hitches are often used for large trailers.
A type of barnacle with a long stalk.
The Japanese name for gooseneck barnacles. Used in culinary and marine biology contexts.
Gooseneck barnacles are known as a luxury food.
English loanword, sometimes used in menus or diving contexts.
The gooseneck pipe needs to be replaced.
You can see gooseneck barnacles on this coast.