Illustration: Inside a right-hand-drive compact automatic car, the view into the driver's footwell clearly shows two pedals. The driver's right shoe presses the narrow pedal on the far right, while the broader brake pedal to its left remains untouched. The left foot rests well away from both.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

アクセル

akuseru

accelerator pedal, gas pedal

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは注意深ちゅういぶかくアクセルを踏ふんだ。

    I stepped on the accelerator carefully.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しばらく車くるまを運転うんてんしていないと、アクセルとブレーキがごっちゃになることない？

    Have you ever got in your car after a long absence and got the brake mixed up with the accelerator?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 下くだり坂ざかでアクセルから足あしを離はなした。

    I took my foot off the gas pedal on the downhill slope.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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