機き関かん士し

noun

engineer; engineering officer

Refers to a licensed engineer responsible for operating and maintaining engines, boilers, or machinery on trains, ships, or aircraft. In modern contexts, often replaced by more specific titles like 機関長 (chief engineer) or 運転士 (train operator), but still used in historical or formal settings.

• 彼かれは船ふねの機き関かん士しとして世せ界かい中じゅうを航こう海かいした。

  He sailed around the world as a ship's engineer.

• 蒸じょう気き機き関かん車しゃの機き関かん士しは石せき炭たんをくべながら運うん転てんしていた。

  The steam locomotive engineer operated the train while shoveling coal.