ギアgia

Common
ギヤgiya
Definitions
  1. noungear
    車くるまのギアを入いれずにリバースを入いれたので店先みせさきに多大ただいな損害そんがいを与あたえた。↗
    Instead of putting the car into gear, she put it into reverse, causing a great deal of damage to the store-front.
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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Japanese definitions
  1. 歯車はぐるま。
  2. 歯車はぐるま式しきの変速へんそく装置そうち・伝動でんどう装置そうち。
  3. (複合語ふくごうごで)道具どうぐ、用具ようぐ。
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