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無人飛行機 (むじんひこうき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

無む人じん飛ひ行こう機き

む

じ

ん

ひ

こ

う

き

Meanings

1

unmanned aircraft; drone

Refers to any aircraft that operates without a human pilot on board, including military drones and civilian UAVs.

無む人じん飛ひ行こう機きが荷に物もつを配

はい

達たつ

する

実じっ

験けん

が

行おこな

わ

れ

た

。

An experiment was conducted in which an unmanned aircraft delivered packages.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
人person
飛fly, skip (pages), scatter
行going, journey, carry out
機loom, mechanism, machine

Related words

ドローン
ドローン is the common loanword for multi-rotor consumer/commercial drones, while 無人飛行機 is a broader technical term covering all unmanned aircraft including fixed-wing military UAVs.

Built from

無む人じん+飛ひ行こう機き

Etymology

Compound of 無人 (mujin, 'unmanned') + 飛行機 (hikōki, 'airplane').