Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Etymology edit

(れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 仕組(しく) (shikumu), from () (shi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb する (to do)) + () (kumu, to assemble)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()() (shikumi

  1. construction, structure
    (けい)(ざい)(がく)(けい)(ざい)()()(けん)(きゅう)する(がく)(もん)である
    keizaigaku wa keizai no shikumi o kenkyū suru gakumon de aru
    Economics is the study of economic mechanisms
  2. arrangement, contrivance
    (わたし)この()()()りません(たん)(とう)(しゃ)(せつ)(めい)するでしょう
    watashi wa kono shikumi o shirimasen ga tantōsha ga setsumei suru deshō
    I don't know this system, but the man in charge will explain
  3. plan, plot, contrivance
    (しょう)エネルギー(しょう)()(げん)(かた)(せい)(かつ)(おく)()()(ひつ)(よう)なる
    shōenerugī, shōshigen-kata no seikatsu o okuru shikumi ga hitsuyō to naru
    In this case, the conservation of energy and resources is needed

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN