草刈(くさか)り機(き)

くさかりき
noun
brush cutter; grass trimmer; weed cutter
tool
1. brush cutter; grass trimmer; weed cutter
A machine for cutting down grass and weeds, typically the shoulder-carried type with a long shaft and a spinning blade or nylon cord at the end. Used on farmland, roadsides, and around houses.
草刈(くさか)り機(き)で草(くさ)を刈(か)る。
To cut the grass with a brush cutter.
父(ちち)は朝(あさ)から草刈(くさか)り機(き)を動(うご)かしている。
My father has been running the brush cutter since morning.
草刈(くさか)り機(き)を使(つか)うときは、石(いし)が飛(と)ぶので保護(ほご)メガネが必要(ひつよう)だ。
When you use a brush cutter you need safety goggles, because stones fly up.

草刈(くさか)り (grass cutting) + 機(き) (machine). Also written 草刈機(くさかりき) without the okurigana.

Common collocations

  • 草刈(くさか)り機(き)をかける: to run a brush cutter over an area
  • 草刈(くさか)り機(き)の刃(は): the blade of a brush cutter
  • エンジン式(えんじんしき)草刈(くさか)り機(き): engine-powered brush cutter

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Related Words

Related: 草刈(くさか)り
Related: 芝刈(しばか)り機(き)
Compare: 刈(か)り払(はら)い機(き) (brush cutter)
Compare: チェーンソー (chainsaw)
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