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    3. 潜在

    潜在

    潜せん在ざい

    potentiality

    KMT6News #8+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    せんざい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    potentiality, dormancy, latency

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    彼かれには潜せん在ざい的てきな才さい能のうがある。

    He has potential talent.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    その問もん題だいは潜せん在ざい的てきな危き険けんをはらんでいる。

    That problem harbors potential dangers.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math
    自じ分ぶんの潜せん在ざい能のう力りょくを引ひき出だすことが重じゅう要ようだ。

    It's important to draw out one's latent abilities.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    潜せん在ざい的てきな顧こ客きゃくのニーズを把は握あくすることがビジネス成せい功こうの鍵かぎだ。

    Grasping the needs of potential customers is key to business success.

    KMT7Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    人にん間げんの潜せん在ざい意い識しきは、行こう動どうに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえると言いわれている。

    It is said that the human subconscious greatly influences behavior.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    潜
    ひそ.む・もぐ.る・かく.れる・くぐ.る・ひそ.める…(1)
    submerge・conceal・hide・lower (voice)・hush
    在
    あ.る…(2)
    exist・outskirts・suburbs・located in
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