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    3. 次善

    次善

    次じ善ぜん

    second best

    KMT9News #29+1Noun, ParticleCore ConceptsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    じぜん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    second best

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    これは次じ善ぜんの策さくだ。

    This is the second-best plan.

    KMT8Core Concepts
    完かん璧ぺきではないが、次じ善ぜんの選せん択たく肢しとして受うけ入いれられた。

    It's not perfect, but it was accepted as the second-best option.

    KMT9Core Concepts
    予よ算さんの都つ合ごう上じょう、次じ善ぜんの製せい品ひんを選えらばざるを得えなかった。

    Due to budget constraints, I had no choice but to choose the second-best product.

    KMT9Business & FinanceDaily Life
    彼かれの提てい案あんは次じ善ぜんではあったが、全ぜん員いんが納なっ得とくできる妥だ協きょう点てんだった。

    His proposal was second-best, but it was a compromise everyone could agree on.

    KMT9Core ConceptsWork & Career
    理り想そう的てきな解かい決けつ策さくではないが、現げん状じょうではこれが次じ善ぜんの策さくだろう。

    It's not an ideal solution, but given the current situation, this is probably the second-best course of action.

    KMT10Core Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    次
    つ.ぐ・つぎ…(6)
    next・order・sequence
    善
    よ.い・い.い・よ.く・よし.とする…(3)
    virtuous・good・goodness
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