Translation guide
A device or person that sprays liquid. In Japanese, the word depends on the context: a spray bottle, an agricultural sprayer, or a person spraying.
A handheld bottle with a trigger or pump that sprays liquid, commonly used for cleaning or gardening.
The most common term for a spray bottle. A loanword from English, widely understood.
スプレーボトルに水を入れてください。
Please put water in the spray bottle.
A larger tank sprayer used for applying pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers in farming or gardening.
Standard term for a sprayer that atomizes liquid, used in agriculture and gardening. Can be handheld or backpack type.
A person whose job is to spray something, such as paint or pesticides.
Descriptive phrase: 'a person who sprays ~'. Use the appropriate verb for the substance.
ペンキを吹き付ける人
a paint sprayer
スプレーボトル is a general spray bottle, often with a trigger. 霧吹き emphasizes a fine mist and is traditionally a pump-style bottle, but the distinction is blurring. For cleaning products, スプレーボトル is more common.
掃除用のスプレーボトル
a spray bottle for cleaning
霧吹きで髪を湿らせる
dampen hair with a mist sprayer
Literally 'mist sprayer'. Often used for small spray bottles for plants or hair, but can refer to any sprayer that produces a fine mist.
観葉植物に霧吹きで水をやる。
I water the houseplants with a sprayer.
Can mean 'spray' or 'sprayer', but ambiguous. Often refers to the spray itself or aerosol cans. Use with caution.
May be misunderstood as the spray action or aerosol product rather than the device.
このスプレーは壊れている。
This sprayer is broken.
農家は噴霧器で農薬を散布する。
Farmers spray pesticides with a sprayer.
A machine for scattering or spraying, often used for larger equipment. Can refer to granular spreaders as well, so context matters.
散布機を使って肥料をまく。
Use a spreader/sprayer to apply fertilizer.
Power sprayer, typically engine-driven. Used in professional agriculture.
動力噴霧器は広い畑で使われる。
Power sprayers are used in large fields.
Formal term for a worker who does spraying, e.g., pesticide application. Not common in everyday speech.
散布作業員が農薬をまいている。
The sprayer is applying pesticide.