Translation guide
The process of joining plant parts so they grow as one, or the medical procedure of transplanting tissue. In Japanese, different words are used for horticultural grafting and surgical grafting.
Joining a shoot or bud onto a rootstock to propagate plants.
The most common term for grafting in gardening and agriculture. Refers to the technique or the grafted plant itself.
Transplanting skin, bone, or other tissue in medical contexts.
General term for transplant or graft in medicine. Covers skin grafts, bone grafts, organ transplants, etc.
接ぎ木 (tsugiki) is used exclusively for plant grafting. 移植 (ishoku) is used for medical transplants and grafts, and can also mean transplanting plants (repotting/moving), but not the joining technique. For plant grafting, always use 接ぎ木.
fruit tree grafting
We propagated this apple tree by grafting.
The verb phrase meaning 'to graft' in horticulture.
We plan to do grafting in the spring.
Alternate kanji form of 接ぎ木, equally common.
I'm learning grafting techniques.
Bud grafting, a specific method where a single bud is grafted.
I succeeded in bud grafting roses.
A skin graft is necessary to treat the burn.
Specifically 'skin graft'.
The skin graft surgery was successful.
Bone graft.
I ended up getting a bone graft at the dentist.
Another term for skin grafting, more technical.
Skin grafting is performed in plastic surgery.
腎臓移植
kidney transplant