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クランク [gai1]
1. [n]
▶ crank (mechanism)
2. [n]
▶ narrow, crank-shaped road (on a driving school training course)
3. [n]
▶ crank (on an early movie camera)



History:
4. A 2022-06-02 06:25:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2022-06-01 10:09:52  Marcus Richert
  Comments:
i.e. 
I_
  I
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>narrow, zigzag road (on a driving school training course)</gloss>
+<gloss>narrow, crank-shaped road (on a driving school training course)</gloss>
2. A 2022-06-01 06:07:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Sense 2 is new to me.
1. A* 2022-05-31 12:26:13  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meiyko (senses 1 & 3)
daijs all 3

sense 2: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/クランク_(道路)
see also google images for クランク 道路

enwiktionary crank:
"(archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage."
  Diff:
@@ -10 +10,9 @@
-<gloss>crank</gloss>
+<gloss>crank (mechanism)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>narrow, zigzag road (on a driving school training course)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>crank (on an early movie camera)</gloss>

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