Primer

"Primer" in Japanese

チョーク

chōku

(device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline)

プライマー

puraimā

(biology: molecule required for replication of DNA)

下塗

shita-nuri

(layer of priming substance)

下塗り

shita-nuri

(layer of priming substance)

入門書

nyūmonsho

(introductory textbook)

初等読本

shotō dokuhon

(introductory textbook)

地塗

ji-nuri

(layer of priming substance)

地塗り

ji-nuri

(layer of priming substance)

点火剤

tenkazai

(substance used to ignite a fire)

目止

medome

(layer of priming substance)

目止め

medome

(layer of priming substance)

砥の粉

tonoko

(layer of priming substance)

砥粉

tonoko

(layer of priming substance)

起爆剤

kibakuzai

(substance used to ignite a fire)

雷管

raikan

(small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)

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