Illustration: At a neighborhood repair workshop, a clockmaker demonstrates an exposed hand-cranked mechanism to a child. A large toothed wheel engages a smaller wheel, which connects to a third on a separate axle. The child turns the crank while watching the teeth meet precisely at each contact point.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

歯は車ぐるま

haguruma

gear, cogwheel

Example sentences

  1. 歯車はぐるまがかみ合あっている。

    The cog-wheels are in gear.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ここの小ちいさな歯車はぐるまがないんだ。

    A small gear is missing here.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 二ふたつの歯車はぐるまが組くみ合あわされている

    two gears are connected

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 歯車

  • 歯tooth; cogOnシKunよわい・は・よわい
  • 車carOnシャKunくるま

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