Translation guide
How to express the concept of 'implant' in Japanese, covering medical/dental implants, surgical insertion, and figurative embedding of ideas.
Referring to a device or tissue placed inside the body, such as a dental implant, breast implant, or cochlear implant.
The most common and direct loanword for medical/dental implants. Widely understood.
I got a dental implant.
A native Japanese word meaning 'embedding' or 'implant'. Can refer to the object or the act. Less specific than インプラント.
A cochlear implant is an implantable hearing aid.
Medical term for a graft or implant (tissue/organ). Used in surgical contexts.
A bone graft was inserted.
The action of placing a device or tissue into the body.
General verb for embedding or implanting something into the body. Works for devices, chips, etc.
The doctor implanted a pacemaker.
To transplant or graft (tissue/organ). Used when the implant is biological.
They grafted skin.
To insert (a device). Often used for IUDs, implants, etc. More general than 埋め込む.
A contraceptive implant is inserted into the arm.
To firmly establish an idea, attitude, or habit in someone's mind.
Literally 'to plant', used figuratively for instilling ideas, values, or habits.
To instill a sense of morality in children.
To imprint or indoctrinate; often implies repeated exposure or brainwashing.
To instill (an idea) by whispering or insinuating; often has a negative nuance of planting a suggestion.
埋め込む is the most general for implanting devices. 移植する is specifically for biological tissue/organ transplants. 挿入する simply means 'insert' and is used for IUDs, catheters, etc., but not necessarily permanent implantation.
Do not use インプラントする for figurative 'implant an idea'. Use 植え付ける or 刷り込む instead.
宣伝で消費者の心にブランドイメージを刷り込む。
To implant a brand image in consumers' minds through advertising.
彼は私に疑念を吹き込んだ。
He planted doubts in my mind.