Translation guide
The process of grinding grain into flour, shaping metal with a rotating cutter, or moving in a confused crowd.
The process of crushing grain into flour or meal, typically in a mill.
The standard term for milling grain into flour. Used in industrial and culinary contexts.
This factory carries out wheat milling.
Literally 'flour grinding', often used for traditional or small-scale milling.
My grandmother used to mill flour with a stone mill.
Verb form: 'to mill (grain)'. Used in both technical and everyday language.
That company mills imported wheat.
The process of cutting or shaping metal using a milling machine.
The standard technical term for milling in machining. Often used in engineering and manufacturing.
This part is made by milling.
Loanword from English, used in technical contexts, especially in CNC machining.
I'm learning CNC milling techniques.
Verb phrase: 'to mill with a milling machine'. More descriptive than the noun form.
People moving about in a disorganized, aimless way, often in a crowd.
Describes people milling about restlessly or without purpose. Common in everyday speech.
The audience was milling around outside the venue.
To crowd around or swarm, often with a sense of disorder. Can imply milling as part of a crowd.
To rush about in confusion, often in a panic. Stronger than 'milling', but captures chaotic movement.
製粉 (seifun) specifically refers to milling grain. For metal machining, use フライス加工 or ミーリング.
うろうろ emphasizes aimless wandering, while 群がる focuses on forming a crowd. For 'milling about', うろうろ is often more natural.
I milled the surface of the metal.
人々が出口に群がっていた。
People were milling around the exit.
The evacuees were milling about in confusion.