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起爆装置 (きばくそうち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

起き爆ばく装そう置ち

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Meanings

1

noun

Technical term for a device that sets off an explosive charge. Used in military, demolition, and engineering contexts.

爆ばく弾だん処しょ理り班はんが起き爆ばく装そう置ちを慎しん重ちょうに取とり外はずした。
The bomb disposal squad carefully removed the detonator.
この起き

爆ばく

装そう

置ち

は

遠えん

隔かく

操そう

作さ

で

作さ

動どう

する

。

This detonator is activated by remote control.

Kanji

起rouse, wake up, get up
爆bomb, burst open, pop
装attire, dress, pretend
置placement, put, set

Similar words

信しん管かん
信管 is a fuze or fuse, often part of a detonator assembly, while 起爆装置 is the complete detonating device.
爆ばく薬やく
爆薬 is the explosive material itself, whereas 起爆装置 is the mechanism that triggers the explosion.

Etymology

Compound of 起爆 (きばく, 'detonation') and 装置 (そうち, 'device'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation patterns.