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analog clock; analog watch
A clock or watch that displays the time with moving hands on a dial marked with numbers or indices, rather than as digits on a screen. Contrasted with デジタル時計 (digital clock/watch).
アナログ時計を買った。
I bought an analog clock.
教室の壁にはアナログ時計がかかっていた。
An analog clock hung on the classroom wall.
小さな子どもにはアナログ時計の方が時間の感覚をつかみやすい。
For small children, an analog clock makes it easier to grasp the sense of time.
腕にはめているのはシンプルなデザインのアナログ時計で、祖父から譲り受けたものだ。
The watch I'm wearing is a simply designed analog watch that I inherited from my grandfather.
Composed of アナログ (analog, from English) + 時計 (clock, watch). The second word is read どけい} in this compound due to {連濁 (sequential voicing). Refers to any clock or watch with a traditional dial face and moving hands.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- アナログ時計を読む: to read an analog clock
- 壁掛けアナログ時計: wall-mounted analog clock
- アナログ腕時計: analog wristwatch
- アナログ時計の針: the hands of an analog clock
- アナログ時計の文字盤: the face/dial of an analog clock
SIMILAR WORDS:
- デジタル時計: digital clock/watch — displays the time as numerals on a screen, not with hands.
- 掛け時計: wall clock — describes where a clock is placed, regardless of whether it is analog or digital.
- 置き時計: table clock; mantel clock.
- 腕時計: wristwatch — may be analog or digital.
COMPOUND READING:
The word 時計 (clock) has two common readings in compounds:
- 時計 at the start of a word or standing alone: 時計屋 (watch shop), 時計を見る (look at a clock)
- どけい} (voiced) at the end of a compound: アナログ{時計, デジタル時計, 腕時計, 掛け時計
USAGE:
In modern Japanese life, the word comes up when distinguishing a traditional hand-dial clock from a digital display. Japanese school curricula often stress that children learn to read analog clocks before digital ones, and the word is common in educational and parenting contexts.