機運

Chinese

machine; opportunity; secret
 
to move; to transport; to use
to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
trad. (機運)
simp. (机运)

Pronunciation


Noun

機運

  1. opportunity; chance; lucky chance

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
うん
Grade: 3
kan’on on’yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 機運 (MC kj+j hjunH, literally “opportunity, chance + fortune, luck”), although possibly a learned borrowing from modern written Chinese 機運机运 (jīyùn). First cited to the early 1800s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(うん) • (kiun) きうん (kiun)?

  1. [from 1807–1811] opportunity, chance, timing, time for something to happen or be done
    Synonyms: 機会 (kikai), 時機 (jiki), (ori), きっかけ (kikkake), タイミング (taimingu), チャンス (chansu)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →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
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