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単葉飛行機 (tanyouhikouki) Japanese meaning: monoplane | Kotomora

単たん葉よう飛ひ行こう機き

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Meanings

1

An aircraft with a single pair of wings. Technical term used in aviation contexts.

単たん葉よう飛ひ行こう機きは複ふく葉よう機きより空くう気き抵てい抗こうが少

すく

ない

。

A monoplane has less air resistance than a biplane.

Kanji

単simple, one, single
葉leaf, plane, lobe
飛fly, skip (pages), scatter
行going, journey, carry out
機loom, mechanism, machine

Related words

複ふく葉よう機き
複葉機 (biplane) has two sets of wings, while 単葉飛行機 (monoplane) has only one.

Built from

単たん葉よう+飛ひ行こう機き

Etymology

Compound of 単葉 (single wing) + 飛行機 (airplane). The term is a direct calque from English 'monoplane'.