Translation guide
How to express the concept of an indentation—a recess, notch, or dent—in Japanese, depending on what kind of indentation and context.
A sunken area or hollow in an otherwise flat or smooth surface, like a dent in a car or a notch in wood.
General word for a dent, hollow, or depression. Works for dents in metal, hollows in the ground, etc.
There's a dent in the car.
A hollow or depression, often naturally formed or intentionally made, like a dimple or a hollow in a rock.
Water is collecting in a hollow in the rock.
Kanji form of へこみ, less common in everyday writing but seen in formal or technical contexts.
Fix the dent.
A V-shaped or rectangular cut into the edge of something, like a notch in a piece of wood or a tab on a folder.
The space at the beginning of a paragraph or line in writing or coding.
A recess in a coastline, like a small bay or cove.
Make a notch on the stick.
コードのインデントを揃える。
Align the indentation of the code.
There is a port in the indentation.