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    3. 枢軸

    枢軸

    枢すう軸じく

    axle

    KMT10News #37+1Ref L2NounHistoryPolitics & LawKanji Vocab20 strokes

    すうじく

    Noun

    1.
    axle, pivot
    2.
    center (of power, activity), central point
    3.
    the Axis (WWII alliance)
    historical term

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    この機き械かいの枢すう軸じくが壊こわれた。

    The axle of this machine broke.

    KMT7Technology
    その都と市しは地ち域いきの経けい済ざいの枢すう軸じくとなっている。

    That city serves as the economic pivot of the region.

    KMT10Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    20世せい紀きぜ前ん半はん、世せ界かいは枢すう軸じく国こくと連れん合ごう国こくに分わかれて戦たたかった。

    In the first half of the 20th century, the world was divided into Axis powers and Allied powers and fought.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & LawMilitary
    第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん中ちゅう、ドイツ、イタリア、日に本ほんが枢すう軸じく国こくとして同どう盟めいを結むすんだ。

    During World War II, Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance as the Axis powers.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & LawMilitary
    彼かれは党とうの政せい策さく決けっ定ていにおける枢すう軸じ的くそ存ん在ざいだ。

    He is a pivotal figure in the party's policy-making.

    KMT10Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    枢
    とぼそ・からくり…(2)
    hinge・pivot・door・center of things
    軸
    axis・pivot・stem・stalk・counter for book scrolls
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