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変速機 (へんそくき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

変へん速そく機き

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Meanings

1

transmission; gearbox

Mechanical device that changes speed or torque, typically in vehicles or machinery.

この車くるまはオートマチック変へん速そく機きを搭とう載さいしている

Kanji

変unusual, change, strange
速quick, fast
機loom, mechanism, machine

Don't confuse with

変へん速そく
変速機 is the physical device (transmission/gear shifter), while 変速 is the action or concept of shifting gears itself.

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This car is equipped with an automatic transmission.

変へん速そく機きのオイルを交こう換かんする必ひつ要ようがある。

The transmission fluid needs to be changed.

Word family

無む段だん変へん速そく機き
continuously variable transmission; CVT
自じ動どう変へん速そく機き
automatic transmission

Built from

変へん速そく+機き

Etymology

Compound of 変速 (hensoku, 'speed change') + 機 (ki, 'machine').