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    3. 括弧

    括弧

    括かっ弧こ

    brackets

    N2KMT8CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    かっこカッコ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    brackets, parentheses
    word usually written using kana alone

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    この文ぶんには括かっ弧こが必ひつ要ようです。

    This sentence needs parentheses.

    KMT4Core ConceptsEducation
    重じゅう要ようなポイントは括かっ弧こで強きょう調ちょうされています。

    Important points are emphasized with parentheses.

    KMT7EducationCore Concepts
    補ほ足そく説せつ明めいは括かっ弧こで囲かこんでください。

    Please enclose supplementary explanations in parentheses.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    プログラミング言げん語ごでは、括かっ弧こつの使かい方かたが非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ようです。

    In programming languages, the use of parentheses is extremely important.

    KMT8TechnologyCore Concepts
    数すう学がくの式しきでは、丸まる括かっ弧こ、角かく括かっ弧こ、波なみ括かっ弧こが使つかわれます。

    In mathematical expressions, round brackets, square brackets, and curly brackets are used.

    KMT9Science & MathEducationCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    括
    くく.る…(1)
    fasten・tie up・arrest・constrict
    弧
    arc・arch・bow
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