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    熟語

    熟じゅく語ご

    kanji compound

    N2KMT9News #29+1CoreNounCore ConceptsLiteratureKanji Vocab29 strokes

    じゅくご

    Noun

    1.
    kanji compound
    linguistics
    2.
    idiom, idiomatic phrase

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    この熟じゅく語ごの意い味みが分わかりません。

    I don't understand the meaning of this kanji compound.

    KMT6Core ConceptsEducation
    漢かん字じの熟じゅく語ごを覚おぼえることは、語ご彙い力りょく向こう上じょうに不ふ可か欠けつです。

    Learning kanji compounds is essential for improving vocabulary.

    KMT8LiteratureEducation
    日に本ほん語ごには四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごという独どく特とくの表ひょう現げんがあります。

    In Japanese, there are unique expressions called four-character idioms.

    KMT9Core ConceptsCulture & Traditions
    彼かれのスピーチには、古こ典てん的てきな熟じゅく語ごが巧たくみに織おり込こまれていた。

    Classical idioms were skillfully woven into his speech.

    KMT9Core ConceptsLiterature
    辞じ書しょを引ひくと、一ひとつの漢かん字じから多おおくの熟じゅく語ごが派は生せいしていることがわかる。

    If you look in a dictionary, you'll find that many kanji compounds are derived from a single kanji.

    KMT9LiteratureEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    熟
    う.れる…(1)
    mellow・ripen・mature・acquire skill
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
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