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機械工

Reading

Kana: きかいこう
Romaji: kikaikou
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

machinist; mechanic

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ
Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

Example Sentences

熟練(じゅくれん)した機械(きかい)(こう)はかなりの賃金(ちんぎん)(かせ)ぐ。
➥A skilled mechanic earns decent wages.
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レイ・マーフィーは、職業(しょくぎょう)学校(がっこう)卒業(そつぎょう)してすぐに、地元(じもと)自動車(じどうしゃ)工業(こうぎょう)機械工(きかいこう)として(やと)われた。
➥Soon after graduating from trade school, Ray Murphy was taken on as a machinist at the local automobile plant.
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