シャフトshafuto

1. nounshaft (e.g. machinery); axle
   このシャフトはピストンとつながっている。↗

   This shaft links with a piston.
2. nounshaft (of a golf club)
3. nounmine shaft; pit

• Related立坑たてこうWrittenA written term for the vertical shaft of a mine or tunnel, stressing the vertical passage itself. 「シャフト」 more often means a machine drive shaft or a golf club shaft.
• RelatedやがらWrittenA written word for an arrow's shaft — the part left once the head and fletching are removed. Also names a fish. Unrelated to machine shafts or mine shafts.
• Related竪穴たてあなWrittenA written term for a deep hole dug straight down, or a vertical passage in a mine. Common in archaeology, as in 「竪穴住居」. Does not refer to mechanical shafts.
• Related鉱坑こうこうWrittenA written word for pits and tunnels dug in mining; the focus is on extracting ore. Close to 「シャフト」 when that word is used in the mine-shaft sense.
• Related坑こうWrittenA written term for a mine pit. Rarely stands alone; mostly appears in compounds such as 「炭坑」 and 「坑道」. 「シャフト」 leans toward the vertical-shaft sense.

Use 「シャフト」 for machine drive shafts, golf club shafts and elevator shafts. For mine shafts say 「立坑」; for an arrow's shaft 「矢柄」; for archaeological pits 「竪穴」. 「鉱坑」 and 「坑」 are mining terms, with 「坑」 mostly in compounds.

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1. 機械きかいで動力どうりょくを伝導でんどうするための軸じく。
2. 柄がら。特とくにゴルフクラブでグリップとヘッドの間あいだの部分ぶぶん。