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登高器 (とうこうき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

登とう高こう器き

Meanings

1

noun

ascender; jumar

A mechanical device used in rope climbing and mountaineering to grip the rope and allow upward movement while preventing downward slippage.

クライマーはロープに登とう高こう器きを取とり付つけて登のぼり始はじめた。
The climber attached an ascender to the rope and began to climb.

Kanji

登ascend, climb up
高tall, high, expensive
器utensil, vessel, receptacle

Etymology

Compound of 登高 (tōkō, 'climbing high') + 器 (-ki, 'device'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.