Translation guide
How to express 'zip' in Japanese, covering fasteners, speed, sound, and computing.
The sliding fastener on clothing, bags, etc.
The most common word for 'zipper' in everyday Japanese.
ファスナーが壊れた。
The zipper broke.
Very common in casual speech. Originally a brand name, now generic.
チャックを閉めて。
Zip up your zipper.
Also used, especially in product descriptions or technical contexts.
このバッグはジッパー付きです。
This bag has a zipper.
To go or move very fast.
Onomatopoeic adverb for something zipping past quickly.
車がビュンと通り過ぎた。
A car zipped past.
Adverb for doing something quickly and smoothly, like zipping through a task.
彼はさっと宿題を終わらせた。
He zipped through his homework.
Literal 'move quickly', less vivid than onomatopoeia.
彼は素早く動いてボールを取った。
He zipped over and grabbed the ball.
The high-pitched sound of something flying by.
Onomatopoeia for a whistling or zipping sound.
弾丸がピューと飛んでいった。
The bullet zipped through the air.
A short, sharp zipping sound.
矢がビュッと音を立てて飛んだ。
The arrow zipped with a sharp sound.
To compress files into a ZIP archive.
General verb for 'compress', used for ZIP files.
ファイルを圧縮して送ってください。
Please zip the files and send them.
More specific: 'make into a ZIP file'.
このフォルダをZIPファイルにしてください。
Please zip this folder.
Slang for zero or nothing, as in 'zip code' or 'I got zip'.
No direct slang equivalent; translate the meaning.
彼はテストでゼロ点を取った。
He got zip on the test.
何ももらえなかった。
I got zip.