きかい

See also: きがい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きかい – see the following entries.

【機会】 [noun] opportunity, chance

【器械】 [noun] 機械, 器械: [from 1850s] any powered mechanical device for performing work [noun] 器械: a device, an appliance, a mechanism [noun] 機械: a machine, equipment, an apparatus [noun] 器械: [from 1868] a utensil, a tool, an instrument [noun] 器械: [from 1872] a tool for conducting a test or experiment or for measurement [noun] 機械, 器械: [from 1520] (archaic) a clockwork, a mechanism, especially one using strings and pulleys [noun] 機械: [from 1862] (uncommon, biology) an internal organ, biological machinery [noun] 機械: [from 1899] (uncommon) a means for accomplishing a goal [noun] 器械: [from 1886] (rare) manipulation or control of another person's behavior to act according to one's own will; a person so controlled [noun] 器械: [718–???] (obsolete) a weapon Alternative spelling 機械

【奇怪】 [adjective] strange, weird [noun] weirdness, strangeness

【棋界】 [noun] the world of shogi or go, shogi circles

(This term, きかい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)