Illustration: At a neighborhood toy repair shop, a craftsperson turns the handle of a wooden automaton with its side panel removed. Inside, connected gears rotate a cam that lifts a tiny cat's paw over a miniature fish.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

仕し掛かけ

shikake

mechanism, device

Example sentences

  1. この仕掛しかけはスイッチで動うごく。

    This device is actuated by a switch.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 火皿ひざらが常つねに水平すいへいを保たもつような仕掛しかけがある。

    It is designed so that the dish on which the incense is placed always stays level.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また一時期は日本の輸出産業を支えた「ブリキのおもちゃ」の仕掛けも絡繰玩具に由来するものが多かった。

    The devices of a 'tin toy,' which once backed up the Japanese export industry, originated mostly from karakuri gangu.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 仕掛

  • 仕attend; doingOnシ・ジKunつかえる
  • 掛hang; suspendOnカイ・ケイKunかける・かけ・かかる

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