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    3. 時勢

    時勢

    時じ勢せい

    (trend of) the times

    KMT10News #39+1NounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab23 strokes

    じせい

    Noun

    1.
    (trend of) the times, current of the times, spirit of the age

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    時じ勢せいを理り解かいすることは重じゅう要ようです。

    It is important to understand the trends of the times.

    KMT6Politics & LawDaily Life
    彼かれは常つねに時じ勢せいを読よんで、ビジネスチャンスを掴つかんでいる。

    He always reads the current trends and seizes business opportunities.

    KMT8Politics & LawBusiness & Finance
    政せい治じ家かは時じ勢せいの変へん化かに敏びん感かんでなければならない。

    Politicians must be sensitive to the changes of the times.

    KMT9Politics & Law
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんは、その時じ代だいの時じ勢せいを反はん映えいしていることが多 い。

    Literary works often reflect the spirit of their era.

    KMT9LiteratureHistory
    時じ勢せいは常つねに変へん化かしており、それに合 わせて政せい策さくも柔じゅう軟なんに対たい応おうする必ひつ要ようがある。

    The current trends are constantly changing, and policies need to adapt flexibly accordingly.

    KMT10Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    時
    とき・-どき…(3)
    time・hour
    勢
    いきお.い・はずみ…(3)
    forces・energy・military strength
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