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.
このCDは傷がついてディスクが読めない。
This CD is scratched and the disc cannot be read.
I inserted the disc into the computer.
フリスビーはプラスチック製のディスクだ。
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.
ハードディスクの容量が足りなくなった。
I'm running out of space on my hard disk.
重要なデータは外付けディスクにバックアップしている。
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
hard disk; hard drive
floppy disk
optical disc; optical disk
blank disk; unused disk
filter paper disk
Loanword from English 'disk'/'disc', borrowed into Japanese as ディスク.
disk drive
MiniDisc; MD
double-sided disk
shared disk