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    3. 即ち

    即ち

    即すなわち​

    that is (to say)

    N1KMT10News #43+1CoreConjunctionCore ConceptsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    則ち乃ち輒ち便ち

    すなわちつなわち

    Conjunction

    1.
    that is (to say), namely, i.e.
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    (and) then
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは私わたしの兄あに、即すなわち家か族ぞくの一いち員いんです。

    He is my older brother, that is to say, a member of my family.

    KMT7Core ConceptsFamily & Relationships
    人にん間げんは考かんがえる葦あしである、即すなわち理り性せいを持もつ存そん在ざいだ。

    Man is a thinking reed, that is, a being with reason.

    KMT10Core Conceptsphilosophy
    この問もん題だいの核かく心しんは、即すなわち、資し源げんの公こう平へいな分ぶん配ぱいにある。

    The core of this problem lies, namely, in the fair distribution of resources.

    KMT10Core ConceptsPolitics & Law
    光こう速そくは秒びょう速そく約やく30万まんキロメートル、即すなわち宇う宙ちゅうにおける情じょう報ほうの伝でん達たつ速そく度どの限げん界かいである。

    The speed of light is approximately 300,000 kilometers per second, that is, the limit of information transmission speed in the universe.

    KMT10Science & MathCore Concepts
    読どく書しょは知ち識しきを深ふかめる行こう為い、即すなわち自じ己こ成せい長ちょうの重じゅう要ような手しゅ段だんだ。

    Reading is an act of deepening knowledge, that is, an important means of self-growth.

    KMT10LiteratureEducationCore Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    即
    つ.く・つ.ける・すなわ.ち…(1)
    instant・namely・as is・conform・agree…(1)
    Kanji
    ち
    chi
    Kana
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