歯車
Reading: はぐるま
Meaning: gear, cog
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Example Sentence
計画 の 歯車 が 狂い 始めた
The gears of the plan started to go wrong.
Usage Notes
Literally means gear or cog, but often used metaphorically to describe things working together or going wrong.
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