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    3. 変わり目

    変わり目

    変かわ​り​目め

    turning point

    KMT8News #27+1NounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    替わり目代わり目変わりめ変り目替り目かわり目代り目変目

    かわりめ

    Noun

    1.
    turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.)
    2.
    point of difference
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    季き節せつの変 わり目 には体たい調ちょうを崩くずしやすい。

    It's easy to get sick at the change of seasons.

    KMT6Daily LifeNature & Environment
    年ねん齢れいの変 わり目 を感かんじる今きょ日うこの頃ごろです。

    I've been feeling the transition of age these days.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの人じん生せいにとって、その出で会あいは大おおきな変 わり目 だった。

    That encounter was a big turning point in his life.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    経けい済ざいの変 わり目 では、新あたらしいビジネスチャンスが生うまれることが多おおおおい。

    New business opportunities often arise during economic transitions.

    KMT9Business & FinanceCore Concepts
    歴れき史しの変 わり目 には、常つねに大おおきな混こん乱らんが伴ともなう。

    Major turmoil always accompanies historical turning points.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    Kanji
    目
    め・-め・ま-…(6)
    eye・class・look・insight・experience…(2)
    Kanji
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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