Word Meaning 蒸気機関

じょうききかん joukikikan

蒸気機関 is read as じょうききかん (joukikikan) and means steam engine.

Meaning

English

  1. steam engine

Reading

Kana

じょうききかん

Romaji

joukikikan

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 19278 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蒸気機関車

じょうききかんしゃ

steam locomotive

世界気象機関

せかいきしょうきかん

World Meteorological Organization (Organisation)

欧州気象衛星機関

おうしゅうきしょうえいせいきかん

European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

蒸気

じょうき

steamboat

蒸気船

じょうきせん

steamship

蒸気圧

じょうきあつ

steam pressure

蒸気ポンプ

じょうきぽんぷ

steam pump (esp. on a fire engine)

蒸気浴

じょうきよく

vapor bath

公的機関

こうてききかん

public institution

民間調査機関

みんかんちょうさきかん

private investigation agency

政府機関

せいふきかん

government body

Example Sentences

2

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

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