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紙かみ詰づまり

Meanings

1

noun

paper jam

Refers to paper getting stuck inside a printer, copier, or similar machine.

コピー機きで紙かみ詰づまりが起おきた。
A paper jam occurred in the copier.
紙かみ詰づまりを直なおしてください。
Please fix the paper jam.

Written forms

紙かみ詰づまりUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling using 詰まる.
紙かみづまり
Variant spelling using づ for the okurigana; less common but still seen.

Kanji

紙paper
詰packed, close, pressed

Etymology

Compound of 紙 (kami, 'paper') and 詰まり (tsumari, 'clogging, blockage'), from 詰まる (tsumaru, 'to be blocked'). The reading かみづまり reflects rendaku voicing of つ to づ.