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    3. 左折

    左折

    左さ折せつ

    turning to the left

    KMT10News #47+1Ref L1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab12 strokes

    させつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    turning to the left, left turn

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    次つぎの交こう差さ点てんを左さ折せつしてください。

    Please turn left at the next intersection.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    標ひょう識しきに従したがって左さ折せつすると、目もく的てき地ちに着つく。

    If you turn left according to the sign, you will reach your destination.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    この道みちは一いっ方ぽう通つう行こうなので、左さ折せつは禁きん止しされています。

    This road is one-way, so left turns are prohibited.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationPolitics & Law
    カーナビが左さ折せつを指し示じしたが、道みちが狭せまくて不ふ安あんになった。

    The car navigation system instructed a left turn, but I felt uneasy because the road was narrow.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationTechnologyEmotions & Psychology
    自じ転てん車しゃに乗のる際さいは、左さ折せつ時じの巻まき込こみ事じ故こに注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようです。

    When riding a bicycle, it is necessary to be careful about being caught in an accident during a left turn.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    左
    ひだり…(3)
    left
    折
    お.る・おり・お.り・-お.り・お.れる…(3)
    fold・break・fracture・bend・yield…(1)
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