General term for a flat, circular object. Used for physical shapes like a disc brake or a frisbee, as well as optical media like CDs and DVDs.
I inserted the disc into the computer.
This CD is scratched and the disc cannot be read.
A frisbee is a plastic disc.
Specifically refers to data storage media, such as hard disks, floppy disks, and optical discs. Often used in computing contexts.
I'm running out of space on my hard disk.
I back up important data to an external disk.
The disc is spinning at high speed inside the player.
The computer is reading the disc.
You have to format a new disk before using it.
This disk's capacity is 1 terabyte.
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer
Loanword from English 'disk'/'disc', borrowed into Japanese as ディスク.
disk drive
MiniDisc; MD
double-sided disk
shared disk