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<entry id="2204322" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2855992</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>ナノマシン</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>nanomachine</gloss>
<gloss>molecular machine</gloss>
<gloss>nanobot</gloss>
<gloss>nanite</gloss>
<gloss>nanorobot</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2022-08-15 11:01:32" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nicolas Maia</upd_name>
<upd_detl>ナノマシン	25166

Japanese sources are translating this as "nanomachine", but my spidey sense tells me this is probably wasei. See how this user translated nanobot as ナノマシン[1], and how what the Simple English Wikipedia calls nanobot, the Japanese wiki calls nanomachine[2].
[1]https://www.reddit.com/r/newsokunomoral/comments/worgmx/%E5%8F%97%E7%B2%BE%E3%81%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8E%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%81%8C%E4%BB%8B%E5%85%A5/
[2]https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanobot</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8E%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3-1813541
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8E%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-08-16 06:27:14" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>KOD: nanomachine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_machine : "A molecular machine, nanite, or nanomachine is a molecular component that produces quasi-mechanical movements (output) in response to specific stimuli (input)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorobotics</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;nanomachine&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;molecular machine&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -9,0 +12 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;nanite&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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