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戦闘機 (sentouki) Japanese meaning: fighter aircraft | Kotomora
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A fighter aircraft flew low over the airport.
The country deployed new fighter aircraft.
Usage patterns 戦せん 闘とう 機き が 出しゅつ 撃げき する for a fighter jet to sortie/scramble
Fighter jets scrambled to respond to the enemy aircraft.
戦せん 闘とう 機き を 撃げき 墜つい する to shoot down a fighter jet
Our anti-aircraft guns shot down the enemy fighter jet.
戦せん 闘とう 機き が 墜つい 落らく する for a fighter jet to crash
A fighter jet crashed during training.
戦せん 闘とう 機き を 配はい 備び する to deploy fighter jets (to a base)
New fighter jets were deployed to the base.
Kanji 機 loom, mechanism, machine Don't confuse with 爆撃機 is a bomber built to strike ground or sea targets, whereas 戦闘機 is built mainly for air-to-air combat.
旅客機 is a civilian airliner for carrying passengers, while 戦闘機 is a military combat aircraft.
Word family fighter interceptor
jet fighter plane
stealth fighter
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound: 戦闘 means 'combat' and 機 means 'machine' or, in aircraft vocabulary, 'aircraft'. The spelling directly reflects the meaning 'combat aircraft'.
