しかけ – Vocabulary details

しかけ

Noun

1. device; contrivance; mechanism; gadget

2. trick; trap; calculated manipulation; gambit

3. (small) scale; half finished

4. commencement; initiation

5. set up; laying out; preparation

6. challenge; attack

し

かけ

official; civil service

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)

pop-up book

instigator

このしかけはスイッチで動うごく。

This device is actuated by a switch.

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