Key

"Key" in Japanese

キー

(indispensable)

キー

(important)

キー

(object used to maintain the orientation between two others)

キー

(button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)

キー

(part of a piano or musical keyboard)

ボタン

botan

(button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)

調

chō

(scale of musical notes)

kagi

(device designed to open and close a lock)

kagi

(crucial step)

ken

(part of a piano or musical keyboard)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.