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電気のこぎり (でんきのこぎり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん気きのこぎり

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Meanings

1

A power tool with a motorized blade for cutting wood or other materials. The term is straightforward and commonly understood.

父ちちは日にち曜よう大だい工くで電でん気きのこぎりを使つかって

いる

。

My father uses an electric saw for DIY projects.

電でん気きのこぎりで板いたを切きるのは早はやい。

Cutting boards with an electric saw is fast.

Kanji

電electricity
気spirit, mind, air
鋸saw (cuts wood)

Related words

のこぎり
A hand saw; 電気のこぎり is the motorized version.
チェーンソー
A chainsaw, typically used for larger outdoor cutting tasks like felling trees.

Written forms

電でん気きのこぎり
Standard spelling using kanji for 電気 and kana for のこぎり.
電でん気きノコギリ
Katakana variant sometimes seen in product names or technical contexts.
電でん気き鋸のこぎり
Full kanji spelling using 鋸 for のこぎり; less common in everyday writing.

Etymology

Compound of 電気 (electric) and のこぎり (saw). A straightforward modern coinage for a power tool.