軸じく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun, used as a suffix

axis; shaft; axle

Physical or mathematical axis, shaft, or axle. Also used as a suffix for the axis of something.

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軸じく

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The Earth rotates around its axis.

この機き械かいの軸じくが曲まがってしまった。

The shaft of this machine has bent.

2

noun

center; focal point; key point

Figurative use: the central or most important element of something.

彼かの女じょはチームの軸じくとして活かつ躍やくしている。
She is playing a central role as the key figure of the team.
この議ぎ論ろんの軸じくは何なんですか？
What is the focal point of this discussion?

3

noun

stalk; stem

Botanical use: the stem or stalk of a plant.

花はなの軸じくが折おれてしまった。
The stem of the flower broke.

4

noun

hanging scroll

Refers to the roller rod of a hanging scroll, or by extension the scroll itself. Often used in the context of 掛け物 (かけもの).

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を軸じくに据すえるto make something the central pivot or focus
この計けい画かくは環かん境きょう保ほ護ごを軸じくに据すえている。
This project is centered around environmental protection.
〈物もの〉が軸じくになるfor something to become the central point of an activity or discussion
彼かれの意い見けんが議ぎ論ろんの軸じくになった。
His opinion became the focal point of the discussion.
〈物もの〉を軸じくにして回かい転てんするto rotate around an axis
地ち球きゅうは自みずからを軸じくにして回かい転てんしている。
The earth rotates around its own axis.

Expressions

軸じくを掛かけるhang a scroll picture

Kanji

軸axis, pivot, stem

Related words· 7

中ちゅう心しんN3sense 2
中心 is the general word for 'center' or 'middle', while 軸 emphasizes an axis or pivotal point around which things revolve or are organized.
茎くきN2sense 3
茎 is the everyday word for a plant's stem or stalk, while 軸 is more technical and often used for a thicker or central stalk.
掛かけ軸じく sense 4
掛け軸 is the full word for a hanging scroll, while 軸 is often used as a shorter, more casual way to refer to the same object in context.
シャフト
軸 is the native Japanese word for a shaft or axle and can extend to abstract senses like 時間軸, while シャフト is a loanword used mainly for mechanical, golf, or mining shafts.

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枢すう軸じく
軸 is the common, versatile word for an axle, shaft, or axis; 枢軸 is more formal and typically implies a pivotal role within a system or organization.
中ちゅう軸じく
軸 is the plain word for an axis or shaft in general, while 中軸 narrows this to the central, most important axis or figure.
主しゅ軸じく
軸 is the plain word for an axis or shaft in general, while 主軸 specifically singles out the primary or central one among several.

Counted with

本ほんN5
「本」 is natural when counting 軸 (じく, shafts/spindles) as mechanical parts.

Word family· 79

主しゅ軸じく
main spindle; main shaft · linchpin; pivot; central figure · principal axis; main axis
基き軸じく
basis; foundation; core; standard
同どう軸じく
same axle; coaxial · coaxial cable
機き軸じく
axis; axle; plan; contrivance

Written forms

軸じくUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
じくUsage1%

Etymology

The kanji 軸 originally refers to an axle or pivot. The figurative sense of 'center' or 'key point' developed from the idea of something around which other things revolve.

掛かけ軸じく

hanging scroll

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軸じく受うけ
bearing; shaft bearing; axle bearing; plummer block; pillow block
地ち軸じく
earth's axis
車しゃ軸じく
axle
中ちゅう軸じく
axis; pivot; central figure; key person
一いち軸じく
uniaxial; single-axis
座ざ標ひょう軸じく
coordinate axis
枢すう軸じく
axle; pivot · center; central point; hub · the Axis (WWII)
三さん軸じく
triaxial; three-axis
二に軸じく
biaxial; two-axis
体たい軸じく
axial; body axis
光こう軸じく
optical axis (of a lens, spherical mirror, etc.) · optic axis (of a crystal)
八はち軸じく
the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra
動どう軸じく
driving axle
向こう軸じく
adaxial; ventral
天てん軸じく
celestial axis
巻かん軸じく
scroll roller; center rod of a scroll

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