Word Meaning 機関

からくり karakuri

機関 is read as からくり (karakuri) and means mechanical doll.

Meaning

English

  1. mechanical doll
  2. string puppet
  3. trick
  4. dodge
  5. mechanism
  6. machinery
  7. contrivance
  8. device

Reading

Kana

からくり

Romaji

karakuri

Writing Variants

  • 絡繰 からくり karakuri
  • 絡繰り からくり karakuri

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 50031 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

機関車

きかんしゃ

locomotive

機関紙

きかんし

bulletin

報道機関

ほうどうきかん

information media

行政機関

ぎょうせいきかん

administrative organ

交通機関

こうつうきかん

(means of) transportation

立法機関

りっぽうきかん

legislature

出先機関

でさききかん

branch office

機関銃

きかんじゅう

machine gun

機関士

きかんし

engineer (on a train, ship, aircraft, etc.)

機関区

きかんく

locomotive depot

金融機関

きんゆうきかん

financial institutions

執行機関

しっこうきかん

executive committee

Example Sentences

10

The transportation system in that city is quite good.

Tom uses public transportation.

This place isn't convenient for public transportation.

She's with a government bureau, isn't she?

She works for French intelligence.

In Finland public transport is always on time.

We were wakened by the whistle of the steam locomotive at dawn.

If your address or name changes after marrying, you need to notify the authorities.

Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.

The Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies, established in 1960, is the legislature that holds the highest jurisdiction in the society of exiled Tibetans.