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    3. 歯車

    歯車

    歯は車ぐるま

    gear

    N2KMT8News #18+1CoreNounTechnologyWork & CareerKanji Vocab19 strokes

    はぐるま

    Noun

    1.
    gear, cogwheel
    2.
    cog (in an organization, company, etc.), cog in the machine

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    時と計けいの中なかには小ちいさな歯は車ぐるまがたくさんあります。

    There are many small gears inside a clock.

    KMT7TechnologyDaily Life
    この機き械かいは歯は車ぐるまがうまく噛かみ合あっていない。

    The gears in this machine are not meshing properly.

    KMT8Technology
    最さい新しんのロボットには、精せい密みつな歯は車ぐるまが使つかわれています。

    Precision gears are used in the latest robots.

    KMT8Technology
    複ふく雑ざつなシステムは、多おおくの歯は車ぐるまが連れん携けいして動うごいているようだ。

    A complex system seems to operate with many gears working in conjunction.

    KMT9TechnologyScience & Math
    会かい社しゃという大おおきな組そ織しきの歯は車ぐるまの一ひとつとして、私わたしは日ひび々は働たらいています。

    I work every day as one of the cogs in the large organization that is the company.

    KMT9Work & CareerBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    歯
    よわい・は・よわ.い・よわい.する…(1)
    tooth・cog
    車
    くるま…(3)
    car
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