機械 (Kikai) is a Japanese noun meaning “machine, mechanism, instrument, appliance”.
Meanings
- nounmachine; mechanism
- nouninstrument; appliance; apparatusoften 器械
Examples
機械を始動させた。
I got the machine running.
機械は今遊んでいる。
The machines are idle now.
機械は多くの人手を省く。
Machinery dispenses with much labor.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).