Translation guide
The metal, color, or material bronze, and related expressions like a bronze medal.
Referring to the alloy of copper and tin, or objects made from it.
The standard word for bronze as a metal or material. Used in technical, artistic, and everyday contexts.
この像は青銅でできている。
This statue is made of bronze.
Loanword from English, often used for art, sculpture, or fashion (e.g., bronze color). Less common for industrial contexts.
ブロンズ像が公園にある。
There is a bronze statue in the park.
Describing the reddish-brown color of bronze.
Literally 'bronze color'. Used for describing objects, paint, etc.
彼女は青銅色のドレスを着ていた。
She wore a bronze-colored dress.
Using the loanword for a more modern or fashion-oriented feel.
ブロンズ色のアイシャドウが人気だ。
Bronze eyeshadow is popular.
Referring to the third-place prize.
The standard term for a bronze medal. Note: uses 銅 (copper) not 青銅.
彼はオリンピックで銅メダルを獲得した。
He won a bronze medal at the Olympics.
Loanword version, less common but understood.
ブロンズメダルを目指して頑張ります。
I'll do my best to get the bronze medal.
Referring to the prehistoric period when bronze was widely used.
The standard term for the Bronze Age.
青銅器時代の遺跡が発見された。
Ruins from the Bronze Age were discovered.
While 青銅 means bronze, medals are always called 銅メダル (copper medal), not 青銅メダル.