ドライバー

ドライバー · doraibaa · JLPT N1 · noun

screwdriver

ドライバー — screwdriver

🪛 drive + -er: the tool that drives screws in, same root as English driver

Japanese borrowed English driver, meaning something that drives. A screwdriver drives screws, and a car driver drives a car, so one loanword covers both meanings.

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