Complete Japanese translation table for care instructions, washing labels, and textile symbols. Copy-ready translations for your Shopify product labels.
TL;DR: Need to translate washing labels and care instructions to Japanese for your Shopify store?
Here’s a complete translation table plus tips for the Japan market.
If you sell clothing, textiles, or any products with care labels to Japanese-speaking customers, you need translated washing instructions. Customers expect to see care information in their language – and in many markets, it’s legally required.
Here’s every standard washing label instruction translated to Japanese (日本語). Copy these directly or use them as reference:
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Machine wash cold | 洗濯機で冷水洗い |
| Machine wash warm | 洗濯機でぬるま湯洗い |
| Hand wash only | 手洗いのみ |
| Do not wash | 洗濯不可 |
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Do not bleach | 漂白不可 |
| Bleach when needed | 必要に応じて漂白可 |
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Tumble dry low | 乾燥機低温 |
| Tumble dry medium | 乾燥機中温 |
| Do not tumble dry | 乾燥機使用不可 |
| Dry flat | 平干し |
| Hang to dry | 吊り干し |
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Iron low heat | 低温でアイロン |
| Iron medium heat | 中温でアイロン |
| Iron high heat | 高温でアイロン |
| Do not iron | アイロン不可 |
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Dry clean only | ドライクリーニングのみ |
| Do not dry clean | ドライクリーニング不可 |
Japan is the 4th largest e-commerce market globally at $150+ billion. Japanese consumers have extremely high quality expectations and value detailed product information.
Properly translated care labels signal that you take the Japanese-speaking market seriously. It builds trust and reduces returns from customers who couldn’t understand washing instructions.
Japanese uses three writing systems (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji). Text can be written vertically or horizontally. Requires appropriate fonts and proper character encoding.
When translating product images for your Shopify store, keep these language-specific requirements in mind. Your translations need to display correctly on the actual product labels.
You have several options to display translated care instructions:
For stores with many products, manually translating each care label is time-consuming. Our bulk translation features let you translate all product images and labels to Japanese in minutes instead of hours.
Care labels are just one type of product label that needs translation. Consider also translating:
Now you have all the Japanese care instruction translations you need. For a complete solution that handles all your product image translations automatically: