リール
Meanings
1
Refers to a spool or cylinder for winding thread, film, fishing line, etc. Used as a loanword in Japanese.
I attached a new reel to the fishing rod.
Set the film reel on the projector.
Usage patterns
- リールを巻くto reel in (line, film, thread, etc.)
A fish took the bait, so I reeled in the line.
- 〈物〉をリールに巻くto wind something (line, film, thread) onto a reel
I wound the film I had shot onto a reel.