Translation guide
A thin layer, plate, or scale, especially in biological or technical contexts.
A thin sheet-like structure, such as in gills, bone, or tissue.
General term for a thin plate or lamina, used in anatomy and biology.
A small, thin, plate-like structure on plants or fungi, such as gills under a mushroom cap.
Common word for the gills of a mushroom; also used for folds or pleats.
A very thin sheet or coating, such as in crystals, clays, or synthetic materials.
Thin layer, often used in chemistry or materials science.
In everyday Japanese, 'lamella' is rarely used. The translation depends heavily on the specific field: use 薄板 for general thin plates, ひだ for mushroom gills, and 薄層 for thin layers in chemistry.
魚のえらは薄板でできている。
Fish gills are made of lamellae.
Specifically a layered plate, often in histology or bone structure.
We observed the lamellar structure of the bone.
Katakana loanword used in scientific contexts, identical to English 'lamella'.
Lamellar structures are found in many organisms.
キノコのひだの間から胞子が落ちる。
Spores fall from between the mushroom's gills.
Technical term for mushroom gills, used in mycology.
The lamellae of this mushroom are densely arranged.
We separated the components by thin-layer chromatography.
Used in polymer science or crystallography for lamellar structures.
This polymer forms a lamellar structure.