Translation guide
The ability of a material to be shaped or deformed under compression without breaking. In Japanese, this concept is expressed through specific terms for physical properties, as well as metaphorical extensions for flexibility.
Describing a material that can be hammered, pressed, or rolled into thin sheets without cracking.
The standard technical term for malleability, especially of metals. Used in materials science and engineering.
Gold is a metal with high malleability.
Refers specifically to the ability to be extended or spread out by hammering. Often used together with 延性 (ductility).
This alloy has excellent malleability.
A descriptive phrase meaning 'property of being able to be hammered out'. More colloquial than technical terms.
Copper has the property of being malleable.
Plasticity; the ability to be permanently deformed without rupture. Broader than malleability, includes both compressive and tensile deformation.
Clay has high plasticity.
Describing a person, plan, or system that is easily shaped, influenced, or changed.
Flexibility, adaptability. Commonly used for both physical and metaphorical flexibility.
He has malleability in his thinking.
Adaptability, the ability to adjust to new conditions. Emphasizes changing oneself to fit circumstances.
Easily influenced, impressionable. Often used for people who are malleable in character or opinion.
Rarely used metaphorically to describe a person's character as malleable like metal. Literary or poetic.
可鍛性 (malleability) is the ability to deform under compression (hammering). 展性 is similar but emphasizes spreading into sheets. 延性 (ductility) is the ability to stretch under tension. In everyday language, 柔軟性 (flexibility) is more common for non-technical contexts.
Directly translating 'malleability' as マリアビリティ is not standard. Use the Japanese terms above depending on context.
Malleability to new environments is required.
Young people are malleable.
彼の精神は可鍛性に富んでいる。
His spirit is rich in malleability.