歯車がかみ合わない

はぐるまがかみあわない

Also written 歯車が噛み合わない

Meanings

1. Expression, い-adjective not meshing (of people, organizations, etc.); not seeing eye to eye

Kanji

• 歯 tooth. Read as は.
• 車 car. Read as くるま.
• 合 fit. Read as あわす.

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