ペダル (pedaru) means “pedal” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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ブレーキのペダルを踏むと、車が止まります。bu rē ki no pe da ru o fu mu to kuruma ga to ma ri ma su

When you press the brake pedal, the car stops.

A pedal provides a place for the foot to push so that a machine or vehicle responds.

踏み板fumiita: A flat part pressed by the foot to operate a machine or vehicle.

足で踏む力を機械や乗り物に伝えるために取り付けた部品。ashi de fu mu chikara o ki kai ya no ri mono ni tsuta e ru ta me ni to ri tsu ke ta bu hin

ペダル (pedaru) comes from English pedal and ultimately from Latin pedalis, "of the foot," a form related to pes, "foot."

In English, pedal and peddle often sound alike, but pedal names a foot-operated control and peddle relates to selling goods.