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    3. 常

    常

    常つね

    usual state of things

    KMT4News #5+1Noun, ParticleDaily LifeKanji Vocab11 strokes

    恒

    つね

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    usual state of things

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは常つねにお客きゃく様さまのことを考かんがえている。

    He is always thinking about his customers.

    KMT3Work & Career
    彼かれの行こう動どうは常じょう識しきから外はずれている。

    His behavior deviates from common sense.

    KMT4Daily Life
    健けん康こうのためには、常つね日ひ頃ごろから運うん動どうすることが大たい切せつだ。

    For health, it's important to exercise regularly (from day to day).

    KMT5Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    日に本ほんでは、目め上うえの人ひとへの敬けい意いを払はらうのが常つねである。

    In Japan, it is customary to show respect to superiors.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    不ふ変へんの真しん理りとは、いかなる状じょう況きょうにおいても常つねであることだ。

    An unchangeable truth is something that is constant in any situation.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    常
    つね・とこ-…(5)
    usual・ordinary・normal・common・regular…(3)
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