System
Structure, Mechanism
noun
Doing something as a group requires a system. Without some sort of structure, everyone does their own thing, and you would never be able to get stuff done as a group, you know?
仕組み refers to the concept of a "mechanism" or "system." It includes the underlying structure, organization, or framework that governs how something works or operates, highlighting its logic, order, and other often unseen things.
This is a word with an irregular combination of readings. 仕 uses its on'yomi reading, and 組 uses its kun'yomi reading. Here's a mnemonic to help you remember this unusual combination:
To be more successful in doing group assignments, you came up with a system called "sheep cumin (しくみ). Why "sheep cumin"? Sheep are known to be good team players (or herd players, should I say?), so you just sticked it to the name of the group you lead, the cumin group, hoping everyone can work together better, like sheep!
仕組みを作る
to create a system
仕組みを考える
to think about a system
仕組みを知る
to know a system
社会の仕組み
social system
世の中の仕組み
structure of the world
体の仕組み
structure of the body
仕組みがある
there is a system
仕組みができる
a system is built
仕組みが分かる
to understand how a system works
次のビジネスの仕組みを考えています。
We're trying to figure out how to structure our next business.
あなたは世の中の仕組みを知っていますか？
Do you know the inner workings of the world?
このテレビのリモコンのボタンを三回おすと、このドアがアンロックされる仕組みになっています。
If you press a button on this TV remote three times, it triggers a mechanism to unlock this door.
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