Translation guide
The English word 'hash' has several distinct meanings. This guide covers the most common ones for learners: the food (hashed potatoes or meat), the symbol (#), and the computing term (hash function/data).
Referring to a dish of chopped or diced meat and potatoes, often fried together.
Loanword from English, commonly used for Western-style hash dishes, especially 'corned beef hash'.
I had corned beef hash for breakfast.
A Japanese dish similar to hashed beef stew, often served with rice. Note: this is a specific Japanese adaptation.
Let's make hashed beef tonight.
Refers to hashed browns or fried potato hash. Often used in fast food contexts.
I ordered hash browns at McDonald's.
Referring to the symbol #, often called 'hash' in British English or in computing contexts (hashtag).
Used specifically for social media hashtags. The symbol itself is often called 'シャープ' (sharp) in other contexts.
Please add a hashtag to this post.
The general term for the # symbol, derived from 'sharp' (music). Used on phone keypads, etc. Not used for social media tags.
Referring to the process of converting data into a fixed-size value, or the resulting value itself, used in cryptography, data structures, etc.
The English word 'hash' is sometimes misheard as 'hush'. In Japanese, 'hush' would be translated as 静かに (しずかに) or similar, not ハッシュ.
In Japanese, the loanword ハッシュ is used for both food and computing, but context usually makes it clear. For the symbol, use シャープ or ハッシュタグ depending on the situation.
電話番号の後にシャープを押してください。
Please press the hash key after the phone number.
Literally 'number symbol'. A more formal or descriptive term, rarely used in everyday speech.
The hash symbol is also called the number sign.
Detect tampering by comparing file hash values.
Specifically 'hash function'.
This hash function has high collision resistance.