セラミック

せらみっく

noun

ceramic

1. ceramic (as a material)

Hard, heat-resistant material made by firing non-metallic minerals. Used of modern engineered ceramics in knives, cookware, dental work, and electronics — not of traditional pottery, which is 陶器(とうき).

セラミックの包丁(ほうちょう)を使(つか)っている。

I use a ceramic knife.

この鍋(なべ)はセラミック加工(かこう)なので焦(こ)げ付(つ)きにくい。

This pan has a ceramic coating, so food doesn't stick easily.

奥歯(おくば)の治療(ちりょう)で、金属(きんぞく)ではなくセラミックの詰(つ)め物(もの)を選(えら)んだ。

For the treatment of my back tooth, I chose a ceramic filling rather than a metal one.

Common collocations

セラミック製(せい): made of ceramic
セラミック加工(かこう): ceramic coating
セラミックヒーター: ceramic heater
ファインセラミックス: fine ceramics (the industrial-materials category, usually said in the plural)

Similar words

陶器(とうき): pottery, earthenware — traditional fired clay tableware
磁器(じき): porcelain — the finer, whiter, vitrified kind
焼(や)き物(もの): ceramics, pottery — the craft and its products as a whole

Japanese takes セラミック as the modern technical word; a teacup is never described with it.

Related Words

Compare: 陶器(とうき) (pottery, earthenware)

Compare: 磁器(じき) (porcelain)

Compare: 焼(や)き物(もの) (ceramics, pottery)

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Added 2026.8.28 21:31 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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