カラクリ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. mechanism; machinery; contrivance; device
2. trick; dodge
3. mechanical doll; string puppet
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
automaton clock; marionette clock
peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
puppet powered by (falling) water; water-powered contrivance; show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)