Word Meaning 歯車が狂う

はぐるまがくるう haguruma ga kuruu

歯車が狂う is read as はぐるまがくるう (haguruma ga kuruu) and means to go wrong.

Meaning

English

to go wrong
to go awry
to go off track
to go out of whack

Reading

Kana

はぐるまがくるう

Romaji

haguruma ga kuruu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 122749 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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歯車がかみ合う

はぐるまがかみあう

to mesh (of gears)

歯車

はぐるま

cog (in an organization, company, etc.)

歯車がかみ合わない

はぐるまがかみあわない

not meshing (of people, organizations, etc.)

鎖歯車

くさりはぐるま

sprocket wheel

斜歯歯車

はすばはぐるま

helical gear

傘歯車

かさはぐるま

bevel gear

唇歯輔車

しんしほしゃ

mutual dependence

輔車唇歯

ほしゃしんし

mutual dependence

差動歯車装置

さどうはぐるまそうち

differential gear

差動歯車

さどうはぐるま

differential gear

平歯車

ひらはぐるま

spur gear

遊星歯車装置

ゆうせいはぐるまそうち

planetary gear