Translation guide
A short remaining part, such as a ticket stub, cigarette butt, pencil stub, or the end of something used up or cut off.
The part of a ticket, check, or receipt that is kept as a record after the main part is detached.
Commonly used for ticket stubs, especially for events or transportation.
映画の半券を取っておいた。
I kept the movie ticket stub.
Refers to a copy or stub kept for one's own records, such as a receipt stub or a duplicate form.
領収書の控えをください。
Please give me the receipt stub.
The short remaining part of a smoked cigarette.
The standard word for cigarette butt or stub.
吸い殻を灰皿に捨ててください。
Please throw the cigarette stub in the ashtray.
A short piece left after a pencil or crayon has been used and sharpened many times.
Descriptive phrase meaning 'a pencil that has become short'. There is no single common noun for pencil stub.
短くなった鉛筆はもう使いにくい。
The pencil stub is hard to use now.
Casual way to refer to a short pencil.
鉛筆の短いのしかない。
I only have pencil stubs.
The short remaining end of something like a candle, a dog's tail, or a broken-off piece.
Pattern: 'shortened X'. Attach to the object name. For example, 短くなったろうそく (candle stub).
短くなったろうそくに火をつけた。
I lit the candle stub.
Means 'scrap' or 'cut-off piece', can be used for a stub of something cut or broken.
ロープの切れ端を使った。
I used the rope stub.
The part of a check that remains in the checkbook as a record.
Literally 'check's stub/copy'. Used for the record-keeping part.
小切手の控えに金額をメモした。
I noted the amount on the check stub.