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    3. 秀才

    秀才

    秀しゅう才さい

    bright person

    KMT10News #33+1CoreNoun, ParticleEducationKanji Vocab10 strokes

    しゅうさい

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    bright person, talented student, prodigy

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    彼かれはクラスの秀しゅう才さいです。

    He is the brightest student in the class.

    KMT6Education
    彼かの女じょは若わかい頃ころから秀しゅう才さいとして知しられていた。

    She was known as a prodigy from a young age.

    KMT9Education
    彼かれは秀しゅう才さいだが、努ど力りょくを怠おこたらないタイプだ。

    He is a bright person, but the type who doesn't neglect effort.

    KMT9Education
    秀しゅう才さいと呼よばれる生せい徒とは、しばしば独どく自じの学がく習しゅう法ほうを持もっている。

    Students called prodigies often have their own unique study methods.

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    その秀しゅう才さいは、難なん解かいな数すう学がくの問もん題だいをあっという間まに解といてしまった。

    That talented student solved the difficult math problem in no time.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    秀
    ひい.でる…(6)
    excel・excellence・beauty・surpass
    才
    genius・years old・cubic shaku
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