ギアgia
ギヤgiya
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Definitions
- noungear
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym歯車はぐるまNeutralWritten with kanji for 'tooth' and 'wheel'; denotes the gear wheel itself, and figuratively a person who functions as just a cog in a larger organization.
Use ギア, the katakana loanword, for gears on cars, bicycles, and machines; choose 歯車 for the toothed wheel itself, or figuratively for a person treated as a mere cog.
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