縦たて軸じく

noun

vertical axis; y-axis

Used in graphs, charts, and coordinate systems to refer to the up-down axis. Often contrasted with 横軸 (horizontal axis).

• グラフの縦たて軸じくは売うり上あげ高だかを表あらわしています。

  The vertical axis of the graph represents sales revenue.

• 縦たて軸じくと横よこ軸じくの交こう点てんが原げん点てんです。

  The intersection of the vertical and horizontal axes is the origin.

noun

vertical shaft; spindle

Mechanical or engineering term for a vertically oriented shaft or spindle, such as in a machine tool.

• この工こう作さく機き械かいの縦たて軸じくは高こう速そく回かい転てんが可か能のうです。

  The vertical spindle of this machine tool can rotate at high speed.

noun

connection between past and present

Figurative use, often in historical or narrative contexts, likening time to a vertical line linking different eras. Relatively rare.

• この小しょう説せつでは、縦たて軸じくとして過か去こと現げん在ざいが交こう錯さくする。

  In this novel, the past and present intersect as a vertical axis.