Materials
Cement
Japanese: セメント（セメント）
水泥
A powdered binder that reacts with water, hardens, and binds aggregate in concrete.
Glossary
A lightweight multilingual index of terms that appear repeatedly in Japanese architecture study, drawings, code reading, and design criticism.
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Materials
Japanese: セメント（セメント）
水泥
A powdered binder that reacts with water, hardens, and binds aggregate in concrete.
Concrete
Japanese: 水和（すいわ）
水化
The chemical reaction between cement and water that produces hydrates and leads to setting and hardening.
Concrete
Japanese: 水和熱（すいわねつ）
水化热
Heat released by cement hydration, important to temperature change and cracking risk in mass concrete.
Materials
Japanese: モルタル（モルタル）
砂浆
A mix generally made from cement, water, and fine aggregate, used in masonry, finishes, and concrete matrix.
Materials
Japanese: ポルトランドセメント（ポルトランドセメント）
硅酸盐水泥
A common hydraulic cement made primarily from clinker and gypsum, widely used as a concrete binder.
Materials
Japanese: 高炉セメント（こうろセメント）
高炉水泥
A blended cement incorporating ground granulated blast-furnace slag, with properties varying by blend.
Materials
Japanese: フライアッシュセメント（フライアッシュセメント）
粉煤灰水泥
A blended cement containing fly ash, affecting workability, heat evolution, and long-term strength development.
Concrete
Japanese: 水セメント比（みずセメントひ）
水灰比
The mass ratio of mixing water to cement, central to concrete strength, durability, and workability.
Construction
Japanese: コールドジョイント（コールドジョイント）
冷缝
An unintended joint where successive concrete placements fail to integrate adequately.
Structure
Japanese: 定着（ていちゃく）
锚固
The transfer of reinforcing-bar force into concrete or adjoining members through embedment or hooks.
Structure
Japanese: かぶり厚さ（かぶりあつさ）
混凝土保护层厚度
The shortest distance from reinforcement to the concrete surface, important to durability and fire resistance.
Structure
Japanese: あばら筋（あばらきん）
梁箍筋
Transverse reinforcement enclosing beam bars, primarily resisting shear and restraining longitudinal bars.
Structure
Japanese: 帯筋（おびきん）
柱箍筋
Transverse reinforcement around column bars that contributes to shear resistance and confinement.
Structure
Japanese: せん断補強筋（せんだんほきょうきん）
抗剪钢筋
Reinforcement provided to resist shear, including beam stirrups and column hoops.