蓄音機・蓄音器|ちくおんきchikuonki[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
蓄音機蓄音機 is the more common written form and is the recommended choice for beginners. It is written entirely in kanji.
蓄音器蓄音器 is a less common variant of 蓄音機. It is also written entirely in kanji, but learners will generally encounter 蓄音機 more often.
Definitions
  1. noungramophone; phonograph
    蓄音機ちくおんきはエジソンの頭脳ずのうから生うまれた。↗
    The gramophone was born of Edison's brain.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymフォノグラフWrittenLoanword for a machine that records and plays back sound, i.e. a gramophone. Written/formal prose, and very rarely used.
  • RelatedレコードプレーヤーNeutralLoanword for a record player: the general, modern term for a machine that plays records, typically electric — the everyday word, unlike the old-fashioned 「蓄音機」.
  • RelatedレコードプレイヤーNeutralAn alternative spelling of 「レコードプレーヤー」; a general term for a machine that plays records, more modern than 「蓄音機」.

Use 「蓄音機」 for an old-fashioned gramophone, especially one that runs without electricity; for a modern record player say 「レコードプレーヤー」 (or 「レコードプレイヤー」). 「フォノグラフ」 is a rare written/formal word.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 音声おんせいを記録きろくしたレコード盤ばんからその音声おんせいを再生さいせいする機械きかい、特とくに、駆動くどうおよび再生さいせいに電気でんきを用もちいないもの。
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