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Japanese
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| 機關 (kyūjitai)
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Noun
機関 • (kikan)
- engine, machine
- 1933, 海野十三, 太平洋雷撃戦隊:
- やがて大商船隊は、機関の音も喧しく、頭上にさしかかって来ました。
- Yagate dai-shōsentai wa, kikan no oto mo yakamashiku, zujō ni sashikakatte kimashita.
- Before long, a huge fleet of merchant vessels approached overhead with their engines making an awful racket.
- body organ
- 1925, 北原白秋, フレップ・トリップ:
- 体内の各種の機関は凡てが連絡なしには作用しないのだからね。
- Tainai no kakushu no kikan wa subete ga renraku nashi ni wa sayō shinai no da kara ne.
- Of course, the organs of the body cannot work unless they are all connected.
- organization, institute, agency, authority, establishment
- 1932, 寺田寅彦, 教育映画について:
- 教育機関としての映画の役目は、このように観客の眼の「案内者」としての役目である。
- Kyōiku kikan to shite no eiga no yakume wa, kono yō ni kankyaku no me no “annaisha” to shite no yakume de aru.
- The role of the movie as an educational institution is to serve as this sort of "guide" for the audience.
- facility
- 1940, 岸田國士, 都市文化の危機:
- さてその次に、都市の交通機関について一言する。
- Sate sono tsugi ni, toshi no kōtsū kikan ni tsuite ichigen suru.
- Next I'd like to say a word about the city's transportation facilities.
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