also: ワイヤー · ワイア
General term for metal wire, cable, or wire-like objects.
このワイヤはとても丈夫だ。
This wire is very strong.
ワイヤを切るには専用の工具が必要です。
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
クレーンが太いワイヤで荷物を持ち上げた。
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.
針金 is the native Japanese word for wire in general, including thin crafting wire, while ワイヤー is a loanword usually referring to thicker, industrial or cable-like wire.
Used because ワイヤ (wire) is long and thin, like other 本-counted objects.
wireless · wireless microphone
wire lath
telephone wire
wire glass
wire gauge
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'.
wire-wrapping