Definition of 培/meaning-of-投機
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
彼は投機に手を出して財産の大半を失った。
He lost the greater part of his fortune in speculation.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)