Translation guide
The English word 'default' has several distinct meanings. This guide covers the most common uses: a preset option or standard setting, a failure to fulfill an obligation (especially financial), and the automatic outcome when no alternative is chosen.
Referring to a value, setting, or option that is automatically used unless changed.
A loanword from English, widely used in computing and everyday contexts for default settings or values.
ブラウザのデフォルトの検索エンジンはGoogleです。
The browser's default search engine is Google.
Literally 'initial setting', used for factory defaults or initial configuration.
初期設定に戻してください。
Please reset to the default settings.
Means 'standard' and can be used for default options in a general sense.
標準の言語は英語です。
The default language is English.
Describing a situation where someone fails to repay a loan or fulfill a contractual duty.
The formal legal and financial term for defaulting on a debt.
その会社は債務不履行に陥った。
The company defaulted on its debt.
Also used in financial contexts as a loanword, especially in news.
Means 'unable to repay', used to describe a state of default.
その国は返済不能に陥った。
The country defaulted on its loans.
Referring to what happens if no specific choice is made, or the usual way something is done.
Means 'unless specified otherwise', used to describe a default condition in instructions or rules.
特に指定がなければ、会議は午前10時に始まります。
By default, the meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Means 'automatically', often used to convey that something happens by default.
何もしなければ、自動的に更新されます。
If you do nothing, it will be updated by default.
Means 'established' or 'prearranged', used in formal contexts for default rules.
ギリシャのデフォルト危機
the Greek default crisis
Follow the default rules.