弾だん機き孔あな針はり

also: ばねあなはり

Meanings

noun

split-eye needle

A specialized sewing needle with a split eye that allows easy threading. Used in industrial sewing and handicrafts.

このミシンには弾だん機き孔あな針はりが付ふ属ぞくしている。
This sewing machine comes with a split-eye needle.
弾だん機き孔あな針はりを使つかうと糸いと通とおしがとても楽らくになる。
Using a split-eye needle makes threading much easier.

Kanji

弾bullet, twang, flip
機loom, mechanism, machine
孔cavity, hole, slit
針needle, pin, staple
穴hole, aperture, slit

Related words

針はり
General term for needle; 弾機孔針 specifically refers to a split-eye type.
ミシン針ばり
Sewing machine needle; 弾機孔針 is a subtype with a split eye.

Written forms

弾機孔針
- だんきあなはり
  Standard kanji spelling for this technical term.
- ばねあなはり
弾機穴針
- だんきあなはり
  Variant spelling using 穴 instead of 孔; both are used in technical contexts.
- ばねあなはり
ばねあなはり
Kana spelling using the native reading ばね for 弾機; encountered in some technical documents.

Etymology

Compound of 弾機 (spring) + 孔 (hole) + 針 (needle), referring to the spring-like split eye that facilitates threading. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.