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機 kanji
loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
キ
Kun readings
はた
Words with 機
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —機略縦横very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances
- —好機到来advent of a golden opportunity
- —悪人正機The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven
- —一大転機significant turning point
- —機嫌気褄humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits
- —機嫌上戸merry drinker
- —軍機漏洩disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
- —時機到来a good chance coming along; the time has come (for, to, when ...); opportunity knocking
- —神機妙算inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
- —屠蘇機嫌feeling a little drunk with the New Year's sake
- —途中降機stopover (between flights)
- —機械馬鹿skilled engineer or mechanic who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical
- —機嫌取りcurrying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
- —有機色素organic dye (optical disc media)
- —かき氷機ice shaver; shaved ice machine
- —機雷艦艇mine warfare vessel
- —重電機器heavy electrical machinery
- —防衛機制defense mechanism
- —適応機制adjustment mechanism
- —国際機構international organization