- kugi nail, spike, tack, rivet, brad, (pachinko) pin
A physical nail; unlike ネジ (screw), it has no threads and is driven in with a hammer.
壁に釘を打ってください。
Kabe ni kugi o utte kudasai.
Please hammer a nail into the wall.
その釘は錆びて抜けない。
Sono kugi wa sabite nukenai.
That nail is rusty and won't come out.
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