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    3. 発明

    発明

    発はつ明めい

    invention

    N3KMT7News #16+1CoreTechnologyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    はつめい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    invention

    Adjective

    2.
    intelligent, clever, smart
    dated term

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    電でん話わはグラハム・ベルの発はつ明めいです。

    The telephone is an invention by Graham Bell.

    KMT5TechnologyHistory
    その新あたらしい発はつ明めいは世せ界かいを変かえるだろう。

    That new invention will change the world.

    KMT7Technology
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいは、多おおくの画かっ期き的てきな発はつ明めいによって支ささえられている。

    Modern society is supported by many groundbreaking inventions.

    KMT7TechnologyScience & Math
    子こ供どもたちの自じ由ゆうな発はっ想そうから、面おも白しろい発はつ明めいが生うまれることがある。

    Interesting inventions can sometimes arise from children's free ideas.

    KMT7EducationTechnology
    彼かれの発はつ明めいは、特とっ許きょを取かく得とし、多た大だいな利リ益エキをもたらした。

    His invention obtained a patent and brought significant profits.

    KMT8TechnologyBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    発
    た.つ・あば.く・おこ.る・つか.わす・はな.つ…(4)
    departure・discharge・publish・emit・start from…(2)
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
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