写しゃ真しん機き

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Meanings

noun

camera

dated term

Dated term for a photographic camera; in modern Japanese, カメラ is overwhelmingly more common.

Kanji

写copy, be photographed, describe
真true, reality, Buddhist sect
機loom, mechanism, machine
器utensil, vessel, receptacle

Related words

カメラN5
写真機 is a formal, technical word for a camera, while カメラ is the everyday term used in casual speech.

Word family

写しゃ真しん機き店てん
camera shop
分ぶん光こう写しゃ真しん機き
spectrograph
証しょう明めい写しゃ真しん機き
photo booth; ID photo machine
針はり穴あな写しゃ真しん機き
pinhole camera

Built from

写しゃ真しん+機き

Written forms

写しゃ真しん機き
Standard kanji form; the most common written representation.
写しゃ真しん器き
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; rarely used and not recommended for learners.

Etymology

Compound of 写真 (shashin, 'photograph') and 機 (ki, 'machine, device'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows a common pattern for naming mechanical devices.