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    3. 活字

    活字

    活かつ字じ

    printing type

    N2KMT5News #10+1CoreNounArt & DesignLiteratureKanji Vocab15 strokes

    かつじ

    Noun

    1.
    printing type, movable type
    2.
    printed text, print

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは活かつ字じを読よむのが好すきだ。

    He likes reading printed text.

    KMT3Daily LifeLiterature
    この本ほんは活かつ字じが大おおきくて読よみやすい。

    This book has large print and is easy to read.

    KMT5Literature
    彼かれは活かつ字じデザインの専せん門もん家かで、美うつくしいフォントを多おおく生うみ出だしている。

    He is an expert in type design and has created many beautiful fonts.

    KMT6Art & DesignTechnology
    昔むかしの印いん刷さつ技ぎ術じゅつでは、活かつ字じを一ひとつずつ組くんでページを作つくっていた。

    In old printing technology, pages were made by setting movable type one by one.

    KMT7HistoryTechnology
    活かつ字じ離ばなれが進すすんでいると言いわれる現げん代だいでも、紙かみ媒ばい体たいの魅りょ力くは失うしなわれていない。

    Even in modern times, where it's said that people are moving away from printed text, the appeal of paper media has not been lost.

    KMT8LiteratureDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    活
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける…(1)
    lively・resuscitation・being helped・living
    字
    あざ・あざな・-な…(1)
    character・letter・word・section of village
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