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電気蓄音機 (denkichikuonki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん気き蓄ちく音おん機き

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Meanings

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electric gramophone; record player

Historical term for an early electric record player; now mostly replaced by レコードプレーヤー or 電蓄 (でんちく) in modern contexts.

昭しょう和わ初しょ期きの家か庭ていには、電でん気き蓄ちく音おん機きが置おか

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In the early Showa period, some homes had an electric gramophone.

Kanji

電electricity
気spirit, mind, air
蓄amass, raise, hoard
音sound, noise
機loom, mechanism, machine

Related words

レコードプレーヤー
Modern common term for a record player; 電気蓄音機 is its historical predecessor.
電でん蓄ちく
Abbreviation of 電気蓄音機, still occasionally used in retro or collector contexts.

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電でん気き+蓄ちく音おん機き

Etymology

Compound of 電気 (electric) and 蓄音機 (phonograph/gramophone). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term reflects early 20th-century technology.