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機関きかん (kikan)

organ,mechanism,facility,engine

  • JLPT N3
  • noun
  • Pitch 1
  • #571 most frequent

Meaning

機関 (きかん, kikan) is a JLPT N3 noun meaning “organ,mechanism,facility,engine”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

台風たいふうで交通こうつう機関きかんがストップしている。

Transportation has stopped in the typhoon.

国会こっかいは立法りっぽう機関きかんです

The Diet is a lawmaking body.

車掌が機関士に言った。

The conductor said to the engineer.

蒸気じょうき機関きかんは熱ねつを力ちからに変かえる。

A steam engine transforms heat into power.

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