きかん
Meanings
Noun
1. engine
2. agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body
3. system; facility; facilities
Pitch accent
かん
Composed of
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
barrier; gate
Used in vocabulary (87 in total)
locomotive; engine
perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobile
intelligence agency; secret service
machine gun
research institution
engineer (on a train, ship, aircraft, etc.)
autocannon
engine room
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
educational institution
financial institutions; banking facilities
public institution; public organization; official body
medical institution
government body; government agency
chief engineer
internal combustion engine
intelligence agency
secret military agency; secret service
bulletin; (party) organ
information media; press; news organs
public transportation; public transport
administrative organ; administrative body; governmental body
organs of the state; machinery of the state
decision-making body
public agency; public institution
branch office
judicial branch (of government); judicial organ
administrative authority
locomotive depot; engine depot
research organization; investigative body
international organization; international organisation
auxiliary engine
World Health Organization (Organisation); WHO
consultative body; advisory committee; advisory organ
institutional investor
theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
(means of) transport
executive committee or organ
governing institution; governing institutions; organ of government
communications media; communication facilities; means of communication
legislature; legislative body
central organization; central authority; central government agency
organ of public opinion
name of corporate body
subordinate offices or institutions
publicity arm or organ
legislative organ
heat engine; thermomotor
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (Organisation); FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
diplomatic institution
test laboratory
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; UNESCO
World Trade Organization (Organisation); WTO
International Atomic Energy Agency; IAEA
issuing authority
local administrative organ; local government
regulatory body
self-governing body; self-governing organ
international aid organization (organisation)
difference engine
administration
grievance machinery; complaints department
voting body; caucus
seat of an engine
marine engine
gas engine
reciprocating engine
reversible engine
International Maritime Organization (Organisation); IMO
market research organization; market research organisation
World Meteorological Organization (Organisation); WMO
World Intellectual Property Organization (Organisation); WIPO
financial institution
certification authority
naming-authority
aid agency; rescue organization; organization to monitor human rights
contact organization
supervising body; supervisory authorities
consultative body; advisory committee; advisory organ; advisory body
government-backed institution; government sponsored enterprise; GSE
Examples (1 in total)
The institution was established in the late 1960s.