robot in Japanese
robot in Japanese is ロボット, 人造人間 — robot means a machine, often shaped like a person, built to move and perform tasks on its own or under programmed control.
robot in Japanese
ロボット
Pronounced: robotto
(chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. [from 20th c.]
人造人間
Pronounced: jinzōningen
(chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. [from 20th c.]
What does "robot" mean?
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noun A machine, often shaped like a person, built to move and perform tasks on its own or under programmed control.
"A little robot vacuum glided around the living room, avoiding the furniture."
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noun A piece of software that automatically carries out tasks online, such as crawling web pages or replying to messages.
"Search engines send a robot to read new pages on the website."
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noun A person who behaves in a stiff, mechanical, or emotionless way.
"After years on the night shift, he moved around like a robot."
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robot in a sentence
- A little robot vacuum glided around the living room, avoiding the furniture.
- The factory installed robots to weld car parts on the assembly line.
- Search engines send a robot to read new pages on the website.
- The chat robot answered customers' questions even after the office had closed.
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What is "robot" in Japanese?
"robot" in Japanese is ロボット, 人造人間. robot means: A machine, often shaped like a person, built to move and perform tasks on its own or under programmed control.
How do you pronounce ロボット?
"robot" in Japanese is ロボット, pronounced "robotto".
How do you use "robot" in a sentence?
Example: "A little robot vacuum glided around the living room, avoiding the furniture." In Japanese, "robot" is ロボット, 人造人間.
Are there other ways to say "robot" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "robot": ロボット, 人造人間.
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