Translation guide
The English word "loop" has many meanings. This guide covers the most useful ones for learners: physical shapes, repeating processes, programming, and more.
A curved or circular shape that returns to itself, like a loop of string, a loop in a road, or a loop in a roller coaster.
General word for a ring, circle, or loop. Can be used for physical loops of rope, wire, etc.
Please make a loop with the rope.
彼女は髪を輪に結んだ。
She tied her hair into a loop.
Loanword from English. Often used for loops in roads, roller coasters, or audio/video loops.
この道路にはループがあります。
There is a loop in this road.
ジェットコースターのループが怖い。
The loop on the roller coaster is scary.
More formal or technical term for a ring or loop, often used in compounds like 循環 (circulation).
この環は閉じている。
This loop is closed.
A sequence of events that repeats, like a feedback loop, a loop in a process, or being stuck in a loop.
Means repetition or iteration. Can be used for loops in processes or actions.
同じ作業の繰り返しで飽きた。
I got bored with the loop of the same task.
このプログラムは無限の繰り返しに陥っている。
This program is stuck in an infinite loop.
Also used for abstract repeating cycles, especially in technical or modern contexts.
フィードバックループが問題だ。
The feedback loop is the problem.
Circulation or cycle, often used for natural or systemic loops like the water cycle or economic cycles.
A control structure that repeats a block of code.
Standard term in programming contexts.
forループを使って配列を処理する。
Use a for loop to process the array.
無限ループに注意してください。
Be careful of infinite loops.
More descriptive term meaning 'repetition processing'. Used in documentation or explanations.
この繰り返し処理は非効率だ。
This loop processing is inefficient.
A section of audio or video that repeats continuously.
Commonly used for music loops, video loops, etc.
この曲のループが頭から離れない。
I can't get this song's loop out of my head.
動画をループ再生する。
Loop the video.
Means 'repeat playback'. Used in media player interfaces.
このプレイリストを繰り返し再生に設定する。
Set this playlist to loop.
A closed path in a circuit, network, or transportation system.
Used in engineering and IT for network loops, loop lines, etc.
ネットワークにループが発生した。
A loop occurred in the network.
山手線は東京のループラインです。
The Yamanote Line is a loop line in Tokyo.
Specifically means 'loop line' for railways or roads.
The action of making something into a loop or securing it with a loop.
To make something into a loop or ring.
針金を輪にしてください。
Please loop the wire.
Causative form of 'loop', meaning to make something loop or to cause looping.
動画をループさせる方法を教えて。
Tell me how to loop the video.
To fasten with a loop, like looping a belt or strap.
ベルトを輪で留める。
Loop the belt.
When talking about being stuck in a loop of thoughts or a repetitive situation, using ループ is natural, but 輪 would sound strange. Use 繰り返し or ループ for abstract cycles.
輪 is the native Japanese word for a physical ring or loop (like a loop of string). ループ is a loanword often used for technical, abstract, or modern concepts (programming, audio, roller coasters). In many cases, ループ is more common for non-physical loops.
思考のループから抜け出せない。
I can't break out of the loop of thoughts.
水の循環は自然のループだ。
The water cycle is a natural loop.
The Osaka Loop Line is convenient.