Illustration: In a quiet Japanese residential courtyard, a parent steadies a child's small bicycle while the child presses one foot onto a pedal. The near pedal, crank and chain are clearly exposed, with the child's shoe pushing the platform downward as the opposite pedal rises.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ペダル

pedaru

pedal

Example sentences

  1. ペダルを踏ふむたびごとに、車輪しゃりんが一回転いっかいてんする。

    Each time you step on the pedal, the wheel turns once.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ブレーキペダルを押おして、ブレーキライトをつけてみてください。

    Press the brake pedal to turn on your brake lights.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. クラッチペダルを壊こわしてしまいました。

    I broke the clutch.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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