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計算機 (けいさんき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

計けい算さん機き

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Meanings

1

noun

Refers to a device for performing arithmetic calculations, from simple pocket calculators to more complex desktop models.

試し験けんには計けい算さん機きの持もち込こみが許きょ可かされている。
Bringing a calculator into the exam is allowed.
彼かれは計けい算さん機きで合ごう計けいを確たしかめた。
He checked the total with a calculator.

Written forms

計けい算さん機き
Standard kanji spelling for both calculator and computer senses.
計けい算さん器き
Alternate kanji form using 器 (utensil/device) instead of 機 (machine). Less common.

Kanji

計plot, plan, scheme
算calculate, divining, number

2

noun

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 電子計算機 (electronic computer). Now somewhat dated; コンピューター is the usual modern term. Still seen in older texts or formal/technical contexts.

See also: 電子計算機

初しょ期きの計けい算さん機きは部屋へや一ひとつ分ぶんの大おおきさだった。
Early computers were the size of a whole room.
この計けい算さん機きは大たい量りょうのデータを処しょ理りできる。
This computer can process large amounts of data.

機loom, mechanism, machine

器utensil, vessel, receptacle

Similar words

コンピューター
The standard modern word for computer. 計算機 in the computer sense is an older abbreviation and less common today.
電でん卓たく
Common abbreviation for 電子卓上計算機, specifically a pocket or desktop electronic calculator. More specific than 計算機.

Etymology

Compound of 計算 (calculation) and 機 (machine). The computer sense is an abbreviation of 電子計算機 (electronic computer).