Canard - Canard

Japanese: カナード - かなーど
Canard - Canard

… When a wing is attached behind the center of gravity of an aircraft, it acts like a weather vane, stabilizing the aircraft when it sways and rotates around its center of gravity. Some aircraft have horizontal stabilizers attached forward, which are called canards. The canards help to keep the aircraft balanced, but because they are in front of the center of gravity, they have no vertical stabilizing effect and tend to destabilize the aircraft. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "canard" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 翼は機の重心より後ろに取りつけると風見と同様に働き,機がゆれて重心を中心に回転したとき,それをもとにもどそうとする安定作用をする。水平尾翼を前方に取りつけた航空機もあり,これを前翼(先尾翼またはカナードcanard)という。前翼は機のつりあいを保つ働きはするが,重心より前にあるので縦安定作用はなく,逆に機を不安定にしようとする。…

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