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    3. 象徴的

    象徴的

    象しょう徴ちょう的てき

    symbolic

    KMT7News #13+1AdjectiveCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab34 strokes

    しょうちょうてき

    Adjective

    1.
    symbolic, symbolical

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    この絵えは平へい和わを象しょう徴ちょう的てきです。

    This painting is symbolic of peace.

    KMT5Art & DesignCore Concepts
    その建たて物ものは街まちの歴れき史しを象しょう徴ちょう的てきな存そん在ざいです。

    That building is a symbolic presence of the city's history.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory
    桜さくらは日に本ほんの美うつくしさを象しょう徴ちょうする花はなです。

    Cherry blossoms are flowers symbolic of Japan's beauty.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    茶さ道どうは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう文ぶん化かを象しょう徴ちょうする芸げい術じゅつ形けい式しきの一ひとつだ。

    The tea ceremony is one of the art forms symbolic of traditional Japanese culture.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    彼かれの発はつ言げんは、その時じ代だいの社しゃ会かい問もん題だいを象しょう徴ちょう的てきに示しめしている。

    His statement symbolically illustrates the social problems of that era.

    KMT8Politics & LawCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    象
    かたど.る…(3)
    elephant・pattern after・imitate・image・shape…(1)
    徴
    しるし…(2)
    indications・sign・omen・symptom・collect…(3)
    的
    まと…(3)
    bull's eye・mark・target・object・adjective ending
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