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機関車 (きかんしゃ): locomotive, engine — Japanese vocabulary

機関車 is read きかんしゃ and means "locomotive, engine". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

機関車

Reading
きかんしゃ · kikansha
Translation
locomotive, engine
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
きかんしゃが

Example

機関車は長い貨物車の列を引っ張って走っていた。

きかんしゃはながいかもつしゃのれつをひっぱってはしっていた。

The locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.

Kanji in this word

  • 機 — machine, opportunity
  • 関 — connection
  • 車 — car, vehicle

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