Translation guide
The English word 'vault' has several distinct meanings: a secure room, an arched structure, a jump, and a verb meaning to leap over. Each meaning has different Japanese equivalents.
A strongly built room, often in a bank, for storing money or valuables.
Standard term for a bank vault or strongroom.
The bank vault is heavily guarded.
Can mean a safe or a vault, but often refers to a smaller safe. Context clarifies.
Please keep valuables in the safe/vault.
An arched roof or ceiling, often in a church or underground space.
To jump over an obstacle, often using hands or a pole for support.
The sports event involving vaulting, such as pole vault or vault in gymnastics.
A room or chamber used for burial, often underground.
In Japanese, 金庫 (kinko) usually means a safe (a movable strongbox), while 金庫室 (kinkoshitsu) is a vault (a room). Use 金庫室 for bank vaults to avoid ambiguity.
跳び越える (tobikoeru) explicitly means to jump over something, while 跳ぶ (tobu) is a general verb for jumping. In sports contexts, 跳ぶ is used for vaulting heights (pole vault), but for clearing an obstacle, 跳び越える is clearer.
The vault of this building is magnificent.
He vaulted 5 meters in the pole vault.
We vaulted over the vaulting box in PE class.
She won a gold medal in the vault.
An ancient burial vault was discovered.