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機体

Reading

Kana: きたい
Romaji: kitai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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fuselage; airframe

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

Example Sentences

人間(にんげん)複雑(ふくざつ)(ゆう)機体(きたい)だ。
➥Man is a complex organism.
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これらの生物(せいぶつ)はクラゲのようなもっと単純(たんじゅん)(ゆう)機体(きたい)から進化(しんか)した。
➥These creatures evolved from simpler organisms like jellyfish.
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世界(せかい)旅客機(りょかくき)半数(はんすう)以上(いじょう)製造(せいぞう)しているボーイング(しゃ)は、もっともなことだが、機体(きたい)(ほか)欠陥(けっかん)()こす可能性(かのうせい)のあるものに、注意(ちゅうい)()こうと躍起(やっき)になっている。
➥Boeing, which builds more than half the world's commercial airliners, is understandably keen to draw attention to what can go wrong besides planes.
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機体(きたい)()(はじ)めて乗客(じょうきゃく)不安(ふあん)になった。
➥Passengers became nervous when the plane began to vibrate.
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初期(しょき)のジェット旅客機(りょかくき)墜落(ついらく)事故(じこ)機体(きたい)とエンジンの金属(きんぞく)疲労(ひろう)のような技術的(ぎじゅつてき)欠陥(けっかん)原因(げんいん)()こることが(おお)かった。
➥Crashes in the early days of commercial jets tended to be caused by technical faults, such as metal fatigue in the airframe or engines.
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