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    所しょ作さ

    conduct

    KMT10News #37+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    しょさそさ

    Noun

    1.
    conduct, behaviour
    2.
    movements, gesture, one's carriage
    3.
    performance (on stage, etc.), dance, acting
    4.
    dance (in kabuki), dance play
    abbreviation

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かの女じょの所しょ作さはいつも優ゆう雅がだ。

    Her demeanor is always graceful.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    茶さ道どうでは、一ひとつ一ひとつの所しょ作さに意い味みがある。

    In the tea ceremony, every single movement has meaning.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    舞ぶ台たい役やく者しゃは、繊せん細さいな所しょ作さで登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの感かん情じょうを表ひょう現げんする。

    Stage actors express the characters' emotions through delicate movements.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    歌か舞ぶ伎きの所しょ作さは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう芸げい能のうの美び意い識しきを凝ぎょう縮しゅくしている。

    Kabuki movements condense the aesthetic sense of traditional Japanese performing arts.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    日に本ほんでは、食しょく事じ中ちゅうの所しょ作さも重じゅう要よう視しされる。

    In Japan, table manners (conduct during meals) are also considered important.

    KMT10Daily LifeCulture & TraditionsFood & Dining

    Kanji that make up this word

    所
    ところ・-ところ・どころ・とこ…(2)
    place・extent
    作
    つく.る・つく.り・-づく.り…(10)
    make・production・prepare・build
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