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ウォーキングマシンウォーキングマシーンウォーキング・マシンウォーキング・マシーン
1. [n] Source lang: eng "walking machine"
▶ treadmill



History:
5. A 2024-06-21 04:47:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2024-06-16 12:06:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think "walking" is needed for a treadmill.
  Diff:
@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>(walking) treadmill</gloss>
+<gloss>treadmill</gloss>
3. A* 2024-06-12 12:41:35  Syed Raza <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
* nipp (https://kotobank.jp/word/トレッドミル-586352): 歩行用の回転数に設定されているものはウォーキングマシンともよばれる
* jawiki (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/トレッドミル): 歩行用の低速のものはウォーキングマシンとも呼ばれる。
  Comments:
The nuance looks to be there.
  Diff:
@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>treadmill</gloss>
+<gloss>(walking) treadmill</gloss>
2. A 2024-06-12 07:00:05  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
KOD points to トレッドミル.
  Comments:
I think just treadmill is OK.
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10,6 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ウォーキング・マシン</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ウォーキング・マシーン</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -13 +19 @@
-<gloss>treadmill (suitable for walking speeds)</gloss>
+<gloss>treadmill</gloss>
1. A* 2024-06-12 05:26:38  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Quite common:
ウォーキングマシン	19798	13.5%
ウォーキングマシーン	6512	4.4%

トレッドミル	58103	39.7%
ルームランナー	19326	13.2%
踏み車	579	0.4%
ランニングマシン	22208	15.2%
ランニングマシーン	19291	13.2%
Could add in a similar way, but rare(found in wikipedia "treadmill" article):
ジョギングマシン	405	0.3%
ジョギングシーン	180	0.1%
  Comments:
More comments at ランニングマシン

Quite common. Esp. machines for home use that just don't go super fast. Many products are cross-listed on Amazon as ウォーキングマシン/ランニングマシン/ルームランナー

Unless your intuition differs, I would never go shopping for a "walking machine".  I think "treadmill" (with qualifications) is the right approach. maybe a different parenthetical...

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