Fan in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA small electric machine with spinning blades behind a guard, which stands on a table or the floor and blows air at people to cool them down.

Definition in Japaneseガードの中で羽根が回って風を送る電気製品。机や床に置いて、体を涼しくするのに使う。

Synonyms (English): electric fan

Example sentences

• ちょっと扇風機(せんぷうき)こっちに向(む)けてくれない？階段(かいだん)で四階(よんかい)まで上(あ)がってきたところなんだ。🔊

  Can you aim the fan at me for a bit? I've just walked up four flights of stairs.

• うちのおばあちゃんは、扇風機(せんぷうき)をつけたまま寝(ね)るのを絶対(ぜったい)にいやがるんだ。首(くび)を寝違(ねちが)えるって言(い)い張(は)ってる。🔊

  My grandmother refuses to sleep with the fan on; she swears it gives you a stiff neck.

• 羽根(はね)を洗(あら)おうと思(おも)って扇風機(せんぷうき)を分解(ぶんかい)したら、ねじが一本余(いっぽんあま)っちゃった。🔊

  I took the fan apart to wash the blades, and now there's a screw left over.

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