also: ワイヤー · ワイア
General term for metal wire, cable, or wire-like objects.
This wire is very strong.
You need a special tool to cut the wire.
Abbreviation of ワイヤロープ; used in contexts like construction, shipping, or climbing.
See also: ワイヤロープ
The crane lifted the load with a thick wire rope.
I stretched wire around the garden to make a fence.
The wire snapped during the climb and an accident occurred.
The antenna is secured with wire.
The worker wound the wire around the crane.
Used because ワイヤ (wire) is long and thin, like other 本-counted objects.
Common katakana spelling for 'wire'.
Variant katakana spelling with long vowel marker.
Alternate katakana spelling; less common than ワイヤ.
Loanword from English 'wire'.