警けい笛てき

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Meanings

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Refers to a warning sound device, such as a car horn, train whistle, ship's foghorn, or factory alarm. The specific type depends on context.

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I couldn't sleep because of the noisy car horns.

霧きりの中なかで船ふねの警けい笛てきが聞きこえた。

We heard the ship's foghorn in the fog.

警けい笛てきを鳴ならすto sound the horn/whistle
運うん転てん手しゅは危き険けんを感かんじて警けい笛てきを鳴ならした。
The driver sounded the horn when he sensed danger.
警けい笛てきが鳴なるthe horn/whistle sounds
遠とおくで警けい笛てきが鳴なるのが聞きこえた。
I could hear a horn sounding in the distance.
〈場ば所しょ〉で警けい笛てきを鳴ならすto honk the horn at a certain place
住じゅう宅たく街がいでは警けい笛てきを鳴ならさないようにしましょう。
Let's avoid honking the horn in residential areas.

クラクション
クラクション refers specifically to a car horn, while 警笛 is the broader term covering any warning horn, whistle, or siren.
サイレンN2
サイレン is the wailing alarm sound used by emergency vehicles or factories, whereas 警笛 covers short warning honks or whistles like car or train horns.
汽き笛てきN1
警笛 is a general warning horn or whistle, such as a car horn or alarm, while 汽笛 specifically refers to the whistle of a steam train or ship.

汽き笛てきN1
汽笛 specifically means a steam whistle on a train or ship, while 警笛 is the general term for any warning horn or whistle, including car horns.
警けい鐘しょう
警笛 is a warning horn or whistle (as on a car or train), while 警鐘 is specifically a warning bell; both share the kanji 警 but differ in the sound-making device.

Compound of 警 (warning) and 笛 (whistle/flute). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.