noun
plate; nameplate; license plate
Refers to a flat piece of metal, plastic, or similar material with information on it, such as a nameplate or license plate.
ドアに「山田」と書かれたプレートが付いている。
There is a plate on the door that says 'Yamada'.
車のナンバープレート
Please check the car's license plate.
noun
A flat dish for serving food. Often used in compound words like ディナープレート (dinner plate).
料理を大きなプレートに盛り付けた。
I arranged the food on a large plate.
noun
tectonic plate
Geological term for the large sections of the Earth's crust. Used in phrases like プレートテクトニクス (plate tectonics).
日本は四つのプレートの境界に位置している。
Japan is located at the boundary of four tectonic plates.
noun
home plate; pitcher's mound
Baseball term. ホームプレート is home plate; ピッチャーズプレート is the pitcher's rubber. The gloss 'pitcher's mound' is a common but technically imprecise translation for the rubber.
ランナーがホームプレートを踏んだ。
The runner stepped on home plate.
ピッチャーがプレートを外した。
The pitcher stepped off the rubber.
noun
photographic plate
Historical photography term for a glass or metal plate coated with light-sensitive emulsion. Rare in modern contexts.
19世紀の写真はガラスプレートに撮影された。
19th-century photographs were taken on glass plates.
noun
printing plate
In printing, a plate used to transfer an image or text onto paper. Often part of compound terms like 印刷プレート.
この本は銅版のプレートで印刷された。
This book was printed using copper plates.
noun
Electronics term for the anode of a vacuum tube. Technical and rarely encountered outside specialized contexts.
真空管のプレート電圧を測定する。
Measure the plate voltage of the vacuum tube.