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    3. 単調

    単調

    単たん調ちょう

    monotony

    N1KMT7News #15+1CoreNoun, AdjectiveScience & MathEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    たんちょう

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    monotony, monotone, dullness
    2.
    monotone, monotonic
    mathematics

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    その仕し事ごとは単たん調ちょうでつまらない。

    That job is monotonous and boring.

    KMT5Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの話はなし方かたはいつも単たん調ちょうで、聞きいていると眠ねむくなる。

    His way of speaking is always monotonous, and listening to it makes me sleepy.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    単たん調ちょうな毎まい日にちから抜ぬけ出だすために、新あたらしい趣しゅ味みを始はじめた。

    To escape from monotonous daily life, I started a new hobby.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    数すう学がくでは、単たん調ちょう増ぞう加か関かん数すうや単たん調ちょう減げん少しょう関かん数すうといった概がい念ねんがある。

    In mathematics, there are concepts such as monotonically increasing functions and monotonically decreasing functions.

    KMT7Science & MathEducation
    長ちょう時じ間かんの単たん調ちょうな作さ業ぎょうは、集しゅう中ちゅう力りょくの低てい下かを招まねく恐おそれがある。

    Long hours of monotonous work can lead to a decrease in concentration.

    KMT8Work & CareerEmotions & PsychologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    単
    ひとえ…(1)
    simple・one・single・merely
    調
    しら.べる・しら.べ・ととの.う・ととの.える…(3)
    tune・tone・meter・key (music)・writing style…(5)
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