Translation guide
The process of a liquid slowly passing through a porous substance or small holes, often used in coffee brewing, science, and metaphorical spread of information.
Describing the physical process of a liquid seeping through a porous material, like coffee grounds or soil.
General term for filtration or percolation, used in scientific and everyday contexts.
Specifically referring to making coffee by cycling boiling water through grounds.
Describes using a percolator to brew coffee. The device is called パーコレーター.
キャンプでパーコレーターでコーヒーを淹れた。
We made coffee with a percolator while camping.
Refers to coffee made by percolation, as opposed to drip or espresso.
Metaphorical use: information slowly spreading through a group or system.
Natural way to express gradual spread, not a direct translation of 'percolation' but conveys the idea.
噂が徐々に広まっていった。
The rumor percolated through the community.
Directly translating 'percolation' as パーコレーション in non-technical contexts sounds unnatural. Use verbs like 広まる or 浸透する instead.
Coffee percolation takes time.
Refers to permeation or osmosis, often used for liquids seeping through membranes or soil.
水の土壌への浸透を調べる。
We investigate the percolation of water into the soil.
Loanword from English, used in technical or coffee-related contexts.
パーコレーション方式でコーヒーを淹れる。
Brew coffee using the percolation method.
パーコレーションコーヒーは濃い味がする。
Percolation coffee has a strong taste.
Means 'to permeate' and can be used metaphorically for ideas or culture spreading.
新しい考え方が社会に浸透するには時間がかかる。
It takes time for new ideas to percolate through society.
Combine a spreading verb with an adverb for slowness to mimic the percolation metaphor.
情報がゆっくりと伝わっていく。
Information percolates slowly.