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軽機 (けいき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

軽けい機き

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Meanings

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noun

light machine gun

Abbreviation of 軽機関銃. Used in military or firearms contexts.

軽けい機きは分ぶん隊たいの主しゅ要ような支し援えん火か器きだ。
The light machine gun is the squad's main support weapon.

Kanji

軽lightly, trifling, unimportant
機loom, mechanism, machine

Similar words

軽けい機き関かん銃じゅう
Full term for light machine gun; 軽機 is the common abbreviation.
重じゅう機き
Abbreviation for 重機関銃 (heavy machine gun); contrasts with 軽機.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 軽機関銃 (light machine gun), formed by taking the first character of 軽 (light) and 機 (machine).