ギア

ぎあ

noun

gear (of a vehicle)

1. gear; gearing; transmission setting

A toothed wheel in a machine, or—most commonly in everyday use—one of the selectable gear settings of a car or bicycle transmission. Also spelled ギヤ.

Change gears.

I shifted down a gear on the hill.

When starting off, you first put the car into first gear.

Also appears in the idiom ギアを上(あ)げる, meaning to step up one's effort or intensity.

歯車(はぐるま): cogwheel — the native word for a physical toothed gear, less used for a car's gear setting
クラッチ: clutch — the pedal engaged to change gears in a manual car

Related Words

Compare: クラッチ (clutch)

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