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    3. 西洋

    西洋

    西せい洋よう

    the West

    N4KMT5News #8+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsHistoryKanji Vocab15 strokes

    せいよう

    Noun

    1.
    the West, the Occident, Western countries

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは西せい洋ようの音おん楽がくが好すきです。

    He likes Western music.

    KMT4Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    西せい洋よう文ぶん化かに興きょう味みがあります。

    I am interested in Western culture.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    西せい洋よう料りょう理りは日に本ほんでも人にん気きがあります。

    Western cuisine is also popular in Japan.

    KMT5Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほんは明めい治じ時じ代だいに西せい洋ようの技ぎ術じゅつを積せっ極きょく的てきに取とり入いれた。

    Japan actively adopted Western technology during the Meiji era.

    KMT7HistoryTechnology
    西せい洋ようの歴れき史しは、古こ代だいギリシャ・ローマ時じ代だいにさかのぼる。

    Western history dates back to ancient Greek and Roman times.

    KMT7History

    Kanji that make up this word

    西
    にし…(6)
    west・Spain
    洋
    ocean・sea・foreign・Western style
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