Translation guide
The English word 'hatch' can refer to eggs opening, a plan being devised, or a door on a ship or aircraft. This guide covers the most common ways to express these ideas in Japanese.
When an egg opens and a baby bird, fish, or insect comes out.
The standard verb for 'hatch' in the context of eggs. Used for birds, fish, insects, etc.
卵が孵化した。
The eggs hatched.
ひよこが孵化するのを見た。
I saw the chicks hatch.
To create a plan, especially a secret or clever one.
Literally 'to knead a plan', meaning to carefully devise or work out a plan. Common for both positive and negative schemes.
彼らは脱出計画を練った。
They hatched an escape plan.
A door or opening on a ship, aircraft, or spacecraft.
Katakana loanword from English, widely used for hatches on ships, submarines, aircraft, and spacecraft.
A more everyday verb meaning 'to hatch' or 'to be born from an egg'. Often used in children's contexts or casual speech.
卵がかえったよ！
The eggs hatched!
Transitive verb meaning 'to hatch (eggs)' by a bird sitting on them or using an incubator.
めんどりが卵を孵している。
The hen is hatching her eggs.
To devise a stratagem or scheme, often with a cunning or strategic nuance.
敵は新たな策略を巡らせた。
The enemy hatched a new scheme.
To scheme or plot, often with a negative connotation (conspiracy, evil plan).
彼は悪事を企んでいた。
He was hatching an evil deed.
船のハッチを閉めてください。
Please close the ship's hatch.
宇宙船のハッチが開いた。
The spacecraft's hatch opened.
A more technical term for a hatchway or companionway, especially on a ship.
乗組員は昇降口から甲板に出た。
The crew went out onto the deck through the hatch.