ホチキス

The standard Japanese word for a stapler. Named after the E.H. Hotchkiss company, an early American manufacturer of staplers. This is a common example of a brand name becoming a generic term in Japanese.

Common collocations

• ホチキスで留(と)める: to staple together
• ホチキスの針(はり): staples (the metal fasteners)
• ホチキスの針(はり)を入(い)れる: to load staples
• ホチキスを外(はず)す: to remove a staple

Related words

• ステープラー: stapler — the formal/technical term, rarely used in everyday speech
• ホチキスの芯(しん): staple refills — alternative term for the staples themselves
• 針(はり)なしホチキス: stapleless stapler — a modern variant that crimps paper without metal staples