きかん
Meanings
Noun
1. engine
The engine's on fire!
2. agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body
Isn't it a government agency?
3. system; facility; facilities
Pitch accent
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Composed of
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
barrier; gate
Used in vocabulary (115 in total)
locomotive; (train) engine
perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobile
intelligence agency; secret service
Examples (9 in total)
The engine's on fire!
Isn't it a government agency?
This is bad. The engine won't run unless we repair it.
Engine output is dropping too!
When you're in trouble, go to a public agency for advice.
The institution was established in the late 1960s.
The organization called a school is an institution for education.
This is an institution that cultivates excellent talent.
It should still take some time before the agency grasps the situation.