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電信機 (でんしんき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん信しん機き

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Meanings

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noun

telegraph device

Refers specifically to the physical telegraph machine used for sending messages over wires.

昔むかしは電でん信しん機きで遠とおくの町まちと連れん絡らくを取とっていた。
In the old days, they communicated with distant towns using a telegraph device.

Kanji

電electricity
信faith, truth, fidelity
機loom, mechanism, machine

Similar words

電でん信しん
電信 refers to telegraphy as a system or the act of telegraphing, while 電信機 is the physical device.

Etymology

Compound of 電信 (telegraphy) + 機 (machine). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.