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carbon paper
Thin paper coated with a dark waxy substance on one side, used to make copies when writing or typing. Placed between sheets so that pressure from writing transfers the coating to the sheet below. Still used in some multi-copy forms in Japan.
カーボン紙を挟んで書いてください。
Please write with carbon paper inserted between the sheets.
最近はカーボン紙を使う機会が減った。
Recently, opportunities to use carbon paper have decreased.
この書類はカーボン紙が入っているので、強く書くと下の用紙にも写ります。
This form has carbon paper inside, so if you write firmly, it will copy onto the sheet below.
A hybrid compound of the loanword カーボン (carbon) and 紙 (paper). While carbon paper has become less common due to digital technology, it is still used in some official multi-copy forms (複写式) in Japan, such as delivery receipts and certain government documents.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- カーボン紙を挟む: to insert carbon paper
- カーボン紙で複写する: to copy using carbon paper
- カーボン紙の跡: carbon paper mark/trace
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 複写紙: copy paper — paper designed to produce copies, may or may not use carbon
- ノーカーボン紙: carbonless copy paper — self-copying paper that doesn't need separate carbon sheets
- トレーシングペーパー: tracing paper — translucent paper for tracing designs, different purpose