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速度計 (sokudokei) Japanese meaning: speedometer | Kotomora

速そく度ど計けい

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Meanings

1

A device that measures and displays the speed of a vehicle.

車くるまの速そく度ど計けいが故こ障しょうした。
The car's speedometer broke down.

Kanji

速quick, fast
度degrees, occurrence, time
計plot, plan, scheme

Related words

スピードメーター
Loanword from English 'speedometer'; used interchangeably with 速度計, but スピードメーター is more common in casual conversation.

Word family

速そく度ど計けいを見みながら運うん転てんしてください。

Please drive while checking the speedometer.

回かい転てん速そく度ど計けい

tachometer; revolution counter

Built from

速そく度ど+計けい

Etymology

Compound of 速度 (speed) and 計 (meter, gauge).