Japanese symbol for “tbm”
トンネル掘削機
トンネルくっさくき
Romaji: tonnerukussakuki
tunnel boring machine; TBM
In Japanese, tbm is トンネル掘削機, read トンネルくっさくき (tonnerukussakuki).
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Meanings
- n tunnel boring machine; TBM
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “tbm”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| トンネルボーリングマシン | トンネルボーリングマシン tonnerubooringumashin | tunnel boring machine; TBM |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発掘 | はっくつ hakkutsu | excavation; exhumation; digging up |
| 掘る | ほる horu | to dig; to excavate; to hollow |
| 採掘 | さいくつ saikutsu | mining; digging; working (a mine) |
| 掘削 | くっさく kussaku | digging out; excavation |
| 盗掘 | とうくつ toukutsu | illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing |
| 試掘 | しくつ shikutsu | prospecting; trial digging |
| 削減 | さくげん sakugen | cut; reduction; curtailment |
| 削除 | さくじょ sakujo | deletion; elimination; erasure |
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.