機

Meaning

機 centers on a structured device that transforms or enables action: a machine, mechanism, or loom. Its extended senses of opportunity, potency, and occasion grow from the idea of a mechanism that creates a favorable moment or effective result.

• 機き
  N2

  chance; opportunity

• 機能きのう
  N3

  function; facility; faculty; feature

• 機関きかん
  N3

  engine

• 機会きかい
  N4

  chance; opportunity; occasion

• 機械きかい
  N3

  machine; mechanism

• 危機きき
  N2

  crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

• 機器きき

  device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

• 飛行機ひこうき
  N5

  airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft

• 機種きしゅ
  N1

  model (of machine, device)

• 待機たいき
  N1

  standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

• 機体きたい
  N1

  fuselage; airframe

• 機構きこう
  N1

  mechanism; machinery

• 機動きどう

  maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre

• 動機どうき
  N2

  motive; incentive

• 機嫌きげん
  N3

  humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits

• 有機ゆうき
  N1

  organic

• 機密きみつ

  secrecy; highly classified information

• 機材きざい

  machinery and materials; equipment

• 航空機こうくうき
  N1

  aircraft

• 扇風機せんぷうき
  N2

  electric fan

• 機内きない

  inside a plane; in-flight

• 自販機じはんき

  vending machine

• 電機でんき

  electrical machinery; appliances

• 機長きちょう
  N1

  captain (of an aircraft)

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