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    3. 暴動

    暴動

    暴ぼう動どう

    insurrection

    N1KMT5News #7+1CoreNounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab26 strokes

    ぼうどう

    Noun

    1.
    insurrection, riot, uprising, rebellion, revolt

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    その都と市しで暴ぼう動どうが起おきた。

    A riot broke out in that city.

    KMT4Politics & Law
    警けい察さつは暴ぼう動どうを鎮ちん圧あつするために出しゅつ動どうした。

    The police were dispatched to suppress the riot.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    民みん主しゅ化かを求もとめるデモが、一いち部ぶで暴ぼう動どうに発はっ展てんした。

    The demonstrations calling for democratization escalated into riots in some areas.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    経けい済ざい格かく差さの拡かく大だいが、各かく地ちで暴ぼう動どうを引ひき起おこす原げん因いんとなっている。

    The widening economic disparity is causing riots in various places.

    KMT6Politics & LawBusiness & Finance
    歴れき史し上じょう、多おおくの暴ぼう動どうが社しゃ会かい変へん革かくのきっかけとなってきた。

    Throughout history, many riots have served as catalysts for social change.

    KMT6Politics & LawHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    暴
    あば.く・あば.れる…(2)
    outburst・rave・fret・force・violence…(2)
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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