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stapler
A stapler — the office tool that binds papers together with metal staples. A formal/technical loanword; in everyday speech ホチキス is far more common.
Loanword from English "stapler." In everyday Japanese, the stapler is overwhelmingly called ホチキス (a brand name turned generic), and ステープラー is mostly used in catalogs, product manuals, or by office-supply specialists.
Common collocations
- ステープラーの針: staples (lit. stapler needles)
- ステープラーで綴じる: to bind with a stapler
- 電動ステープラー: electric stapler