ホッチキス（ホッチキス、hoッchikisu）
- stapler

The Japanese word ホッチキス is a loanword from English and refers to a "stapler." It's a device used to join sheets of paper or other thin materials together by driving a metal staple through the sheets and bending the ends.

⚫︎ 書類を ホッチキス で留めてください。 Translation: Please staple the documents. ⚫︎ ホッチキス の針がなくなりました。 Translation: The stapler has run out of staples. ⚫︎ レポートを ホッチキス でまとめて提出しました。 Translation: I submitted the report stapled together.

You use ホッチキス in any situation where you would use a stapler in English. This includes office work, school, crafts, and general organization. The word is used as a noun and functions in the same way as "stapler."

ホッチキス is written in katakana, as it's a loanword. There is no kanji. There are no variations in how this word is written or any okurigana.

There aren't any direct synonyms for ホッチキス in Japanese, because it is the standard and widely understood term for "stapler."

There are no direct antonyms for ホッチキス, as it is a specific tool. However, if you're thinking in terms of the function, the opposite would be something that separates or unfastens papers, such as クリップ(clip) or のり(glue).

この ホッチキス は少し使いにくいです。 ・Translation: This stapler is a little difficult to use. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the usability of the stapler.

コピー用紙を ホッチキス で綴じてください。 ・Translation: Please staple the copy paper together. ・Explanation: This is a direct instruction to use the stapler to bind the copy paper.

ホッチキス comes from the name of the American inventor, Henry R. Heyl, who patented an early stapler in 1866. His company, E.H. Hotchkiss Company, manufactured staplers. The Japanese likely adopted the name "Hotchkiss" as the generic term for the device, and it was adapted into ホッチキス.