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間知ブロック (けんちブロック) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

間けん知ちブロック

Meanings

1

wedge-shaped concrete block for walls

Technical term in civil engineering and construction. The block is wider at one end and tapers, used in retaining walls and similar structures.

この擁よう壁へきには間けん知ちブロックが使つかわれている。
This retaining wall uses wedge-shaped concrete blocks.

Kanji

間interval, space
知know, wisdom

Etymology

Compound of 間知 (kenchi, a term related to spacing or measurement in construction) and ブロック (burokku, from English 'block'). The exact derivation of 間知 is uncertain; it may refer to the block's shape or its use in measured spacing.