How to Say "Tablet" in Japanese

タブレット

taburetto

The English phrase "tablet" is translated into Japanese as タブレット (taburetto).

This term refers to a portable computer with a touchscreen display.

What does it mean word for word?

The word タブレット is a loanword from English, written using Katakana, which is the Japanese script used for foreign loanwords.

taburetto

In Japanese, タブレット is used not only for computers but also for medicinal tablets. If you ask for a タブレット at a pharmacy, you will get a pill rather than a device.
If you use タブレット to refer to a stone or clay tablet used in ancient history, a Japanese speaker will likely be confused and think you are talking about an iPad.
In some contexts, Japanese users refer to their tablets as 板 ('ita'), which literally means 'board' or 'plank'. This is a slangy way to describe the flat shape of the device.

このタブレット、言うこと聞いてくれないんです。
This tablet isn't picking up on what I am saying.
This sentence is useful for showing how to refer to a specific タブレット.
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わたしのタブレットはとても便利です。
My tablet is very convenient.
その新しいタブレット端末は高性能です。
That new tablet device is high-performance.
最近、新しいタブレットPCを買ったんだ。
I recently bought a new tablet PC.
新しいタブレットを買いました。
Atarashii taburetto o kaimashita.
I bought a new tablet.
このタブレットはとても軽いです。
Kono taburetto wa totemo karui desu.
This tablet is very light.
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陽葵 and 陽太 are at a cafe talking about gadgets.

陽太 Yota

陽葵、そのタブレットは新しいの？
Himari, sono taburetto wa atarashii no?
Himari, is that tablet a new one?
陽葵 Himari

うん、先週買ったばかりだよ。
Un, senshuu katta bakari da yo.
Yeah, I just bought it last week.
陽太 Yota

使い心地はどうかな？
Tsukaigochi wa dou kana?
How is it to use?
陽葵 Himari

すごくスムーズで快適だよ。
Sugoku sumuuzu de kaiteki da yo.
It's very smooth and comfortable.

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