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5秒吹鳴／8秒停止

English translation: Five-second horn/Eight-second stop

12:03 Nov 27, 2009

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Japanese term or phrase: 5秒吹鳴／8秒停止

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keethkp KudoZ activity Questions: 49 (5 open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 1
Local time: 04:28

English translation:Five-second horn/Eight-second stop

Explanation:
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or
Five-second blow/eight-second stop

Selected response from:

Takako Shibuya
Japan
Local time: 07:58

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

5-second blast / 8-second stop

Joyce A

honk for 5 second/ stop for 8 second

Gertraud K.

5-second blow/8-second silence

cinefil

Five-second horn/Eight-second stop

Takako Shibuya

Answers

19 mins confidence:

Five-second horn/Eight-second stop

Takako Shibuya
Japan
Local time: 07:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

honk for 5 second/ stop for 8 second

Explanation:
"/"may mean "or"
honk for 5 second or stop for 8 second

Gertraud K.
Local time: 07:58
Native speaker of:

German

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

5-second blast / 8-second stop

Explanation:
"5-second blast / 8-second stop"

My Nelson's Japanese Character Dictionary defines 吹鳴 as suimeisuru = blow (a whistle). fu(ki)-na(rasu) = blow a blast

There are many websites with warning sound signals called "blasts."
They tell of how many seconds that the "blast" should be (short blast, prolonged blast, etc.)

Example:
# Rules 32 and 34: Sound Signals

* Short Blast – about 1 second long (Rule 32 b)

Example sentence(s):

It must produce a blast of two-second duration and audible at a distance of at least one-half (1/2) mile.

Reference: http://www.slideshare.net/NASBLA/navigation-rules-basic

Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 05:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

13 hrs confidence:

5-second blow/8-second silence

Explanation:
けいてき【警笛】
◆a horn blows 警笛[クラクション]が鳴る
◆sound [blast] a horn 警笛[警音器, クラクション]を鳴らす
◆the engineer said he blew the (train) whistle and put on the brakes 機関士は, 警笛[汽笛]を鳴らしてブレーキをかけたと言った

サイレン
◆a siren sounds [wails, howls, screams, blasts] サイレンが鳴る
◆the wail of sirens サイレンの(鳴る[吠える, わめく])音
◆sound [set off, blow, blare] a siren サイレンを鳴らす
◆Air-raid sirens wailed through the city. 空襲警報のサイレンが市中全域に鳴り響いた.
ビジネス技術実用英語大辞典

http://www.asianlii.org/jp/legis/laws/aopran174oj151948374/
http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/siren

cinefil
Local time: 07:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 104