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    3. 催涙

    催涙

    催さい涙るい

    tear-inducing

    KMT8News #20+1Noun, VerbMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab23 strokes

    さいるい

    Noun, Verb

    1.
    tear-inducing

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    催さい涙るいガスが使つかわれた。

    Tear gas was used.

    KMT7Politics & Law
    催さい涙るいスプレーは護ご身しん用ようとして携けい帯たいされることがある。

    Tear gas spray is sometimes carried for self-defense.

    KMT8Daily LifePolitics & Law
    催さい涙るい効こう果かのある成せい分ぶんは、目めや呼こ吸きゅう器きに刺し激げきを与あたえる。

    Tear-inducing ingredients irritate the eyes and respiratory organs.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    催さい涙るい弾だんの使し用ようは、国こく際さい的てきな議ぎ論ろんの対たい象しょうとなることが多 い。

    The use of tear gas canisters is often a subject of international debate.

    KMT9Politics & LawMilitary
    デモ隊たいの鎮ちん圧あつのため、警けい察さつは催さい涙るいガスを放はなった。

    To suppress the demonstrators, the police deployed tear gas.

    KMT9Politics & LawMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    催
    もよう.す・もよお.す…(1)
    sponsor・hold (a meeting)・give (a dinner)
    涙
    なみだ…(2)
    tears・sympathy
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