機構

きこう

Meanings

1. Noun mechanism; machinery
2. system; structure; organization; framework

Kanji

• 機 machine. Read as キ.
• 構 structure. Read as コウ.

Example sentences

• どこか機構が悪いに違いない。
  Something must be wrong with the machinery.
• いく層もの卸業者の存在が特色である日本の流通機構は、複雑でコストもかかる。
  The Japanese distribution system, characterized by layers of wholesale, is complex and costly.
• ＷＨＯとは世界保健機構を表す。
  WHO stands for World Health Organization.

Words containing 機構

• 日本野球機構 (にほんやきゅうきこう) Nippon Professional Baseball Organization
• 統治機構 (とうちきこう) system of government
• ワルシャワ条約機構 (ワルシャワじょうやくきこう) Warsaw Treaty Organization

And 130 more.

Word lists

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