| 機 |
| 1. Usage: * Often used interchangeably in compounds with 器 to indicate “machine”, with the distinction that 機 implies a larger machine, such as an airplane, while (lang, ja, 器) implies a sm | |
| 2. n. a machine, a device; a contraption | |
| 3. n. a loom | |
| 4. n. an opportunity, a chance to do something; the right time or moment | |
| 5. n. something of great importance: the linchpin of the matter | |
| 6. n. resourcefulness | |
| 7. n. (Buddhism) the moment of being moved into action by the teachings of the Buddha: see 機根, tr=kikon | |
| 8. n. by extension, the workings of the heart or mind in general | |
| 9. n. in Noh theater, the breath of the mind | |
| 10. n. short for 飛行機: an airplane, an aircraft | |
| 11. n. short for 機関銃: a machine gun | |
| 12. n. ====Idiom==== | |
| 13. n. * | |
| 14. counter. indicates aircraft | |
| 15. counter. indicates paper aeroplanes | |
| 16. counter. indicates lives in video games | |
| 17. suffix. indicates machines | |
| 18. suffix. indicates airplanes | |
| 戦闘機 - a fighter aircraft | |
| 19. n. a trap or snare that works by beheading the bird or beast caught in it | |
| 20. n. a loom | |
| 21. n. woven cloth | |
| 22. n. manipulation (as in a device) | |
| 23. n. manipulation (as in a person): deception, taking someone in | |
| 24. n. getting on someone's right side; humoring someone; an effort to please someone | |
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