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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

機構

Reading

Kana: きこう
Romaji: kikou
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Definition

1

mechanism; organization; organisation

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: コウ、 かま.える、 かま.う
Meanings: posture, build, pretend

Example Sentences

どこか機構(きこう)(わる)いに(ちが)いない。
➥Something must be wrong with the machinery.
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この地域(ちいき)社会(しゃかい)()(いち)(にん)(いち)(にん)は、健康(けんこう)人間(にんげん)()免疫(めんえき)機構(きこう)細胞(さいぼう)のようなもだ。
➥Every person in this community is like a cell in the immune system of a healthy human body.
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つまり、いくつかの(じゅう)は、暴発(ぼうはつ)(たと)えば()とされた(とき))を(ふせ)ぐために(すぐ)れた安全(あんぜん)機構(きこう)()っていますがそうでない(じゅう)(おお)いのです。
➥In short some guns have excellent security systems to prevent accidental firing (e.g. when dropped), others don't.
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WHOとは世界(せかい)保健(ほけん)機構(きこう)(あらわ)す。
➥WHO stands for World Health Organization.
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いく(そう)もの卸業者(おろしぎょうしゃ)存在(そんざい)特色(とくしょく)である日本(にっぽん)流通(りゅうつう)機構(きこう)は、複雑(ふくざつ)でコストもかかる。
➥The Japanese distribution system, characterized by layers of wholesale, is complex and costly.
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