仕組み

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
仕 組
し
Grade: 3 		く
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 仕組(しく)む (shikumu), from 仕(し) (shi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb する (“to do”)) + 組(く)む (kumu, “to assemble”)

Pronunciation

Noun

仕(し)組(く)み • (shikumi) 

  1. construction, structure
    経(けい)済(ざい)学(がく)は経(けい)済(ざい)の仕(し)組(く)みを研(けん)究(きゅう)する学(がく)問(もん)である
    keizaigaku wa keizai no shikumi o kenkyū suru gakumon de aru
    Economics is the study of economic mechanisms
  2. arrangement, contrivance
    私(わたし)はこの仕(し)組(く)みを知(し)りませんが担(たん)当(とう)者(しゃ)が説(せつ)明(めい)するでしょう
    watashi wa kono shikumi o shirimasen ga tantōsha ga setsumei suru deshō
    I don't know this system, but the man in charge will explain
  3. plan, plot, contrivance, mechanism
    省(しょう)エネルギー、省(しょう)資(し)源(げん)型(かた)の生(せい)活(かつ)を送(おく)る仕(し)組(く)みが必(ひつ)要(よう)となる
    shōenerugī, shōshigen-kata no seikatsu o okuru shikumi ga hitsuyō to naru
    Mechanisms for energy- and resource-saving lifestyles are needed.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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