軽機関銃 (けいきかんじゅう) Japanese meaning | KotomoraMeanings
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noun
light machine gun
A portable, fully automatic firearm used by infantry, typically firing rifle-caliber rounds and operated by a small crew or a single soldier.
lightly, trifling, unimportant
機loom, mechanism, machine 関connection, barrier, gateway Similar words
- 重機関銃
A heavy machine gun, typically larger, more powerful, and used for sustained fire from a fixed position, unlike the more portable 軽機関銃.
- 機関銃
General term for 'machine gun'; 軽機関銃 specifies the light variant.
Etymology
Compound of 軽 (light) + 機関銃 (machine gun). The term is a direct calque from English 'light machine gun'.
