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    3. 舵

    舵

    舵かじ

    rudder

    KMT9News #22+1CoreNounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab11 strokes

    梶楫檝

    かじ

    Noun

    1.
    rudder, helm

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    船ふねには舵かじがあります。

    A ship has a rudder.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationCore Concepts
    船せん長ちょうが舵かじを取とり、船ふねの進しん路ろを決きめます。

    The captain takes the helm and decides the ship's course.

    KMT9Travel & Transportation
    飛ひ行こう機きの尾び翼よくにある舵かじは、機き体たいの方ほう向こうを変かえる役やく割わりをします。

    The rudder on an airplane's tail fin plays the role of changing the aircraft's direction.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationScience & Math
    会かい社しゃの舵かじ取とりは、非ひ常じょうに難むずかしい決けつ断だんを伴ともなうことがあります。

    Steering the company can sometimes involve very difficult decisions.

    KMT9Business & FinanceWork & Career
    嵐あらしの中なか、彼かれは必ひっ死しに舵かじを操そう作さし、船ふねを安あん全ぜんな港みなとへと導みちびいた。

    In the storm, he desperately operated the rudder and guided the ship to a safe harbor.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    舵
    かじ…(2)
    rudder・helm・wheel
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