ネック

ネ

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ク

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to the anatomical neck, or the neck of an object such as a bottle or musical instrument.

abbreviation

Abbreviation of ボトルネック. Used for a point of congestion or a limiting factor in a process.

〈事こと〉がネックになるfor something to become the bottleneck/limiting factor
予よ算さんの少すくなさがこの計けい画かくのネックになっている。
The lack of budget is the bottleneck for this plan.
〈事こと〉がネックとなるfor something to serve as the bottleneck/limiting factor
時じ間かんの確かく保ほがネックとなって、練れん習しゅうが進すすまない。
Securing enough time is the sticking point, so practice isn't progressing.
ネックを解かい消しょうするto resolve/eliminate the bottleneck
新あたらしい設せつ備びを導どう入にゅうして生せい産さんのネックを解かい消しょうした。
We introduced new equipment and resolved the production bottleneck.

ボトルネック sense 2
ボトルネック is the full, unabbreviated word for a limiting factor or point of congestion, while ネック is the shortened form used in the same sense.
ネックライン sense 3
ネックライン is the full word for the cut of a garment's neck opening, while ネック is the common abbreviation used especially with prefixes like Vネック.
首くびN5sense 1
首 is the native Japanese word for the body part and is used far more broadly, while ネック as "neck" is a loanword mainly limited to objects like bottles or instruments.

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Loanword from English 'neck'.