1.
disk; disc
A flat, circular object or medium used for data storage, music playback, or computing. Covers CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, hard disks, and similar media.
A loanword from English "disk/disc." Widely used in technology and entertainment contexts. Although physical disks are becoming less common with streaming and cloud storage, the word remains relevant in computing terminology.
Common collocations
- ハードディスク: hard disk
- ディスク容量: disk capacity/space
- ディスクドライブ: disk drive
- ブルーレイディスク: Blu-ray disc
- 光学ディスク: optical disc
- ディスクに書き込む: to write/burn to a disk
Similar words
- 円盤: disk, disc — the native Japanese word; also used for flying saucers and discus
- CD/DVD: commonly used abbreviations that learners will encounter alongside ディスク
Related Words
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ブルーレイ (Blu-ray)