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.
ギアを変える。
Change gears.
坂道でギアを落とした。
I shifted down a gear on the hill.
発進するときは、まずギアを1速に入れる。
When starting off, you first put the car into first gear.
Also appears in the idiom ギアを上げる, meaning to step up one's effort or intensity.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ギアを入れる: to put it in gear
- ギアを上げる／下げる: to shift up/down
- ギアチェンジ: gear change
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 歯車: 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