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    轍わだち

    rut

    KMT10News #31+1NounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab19 strokes

    わだちてつ

    Noun

    1.
    rut, wheel track, furrow, groove, footsteps, wake

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    雨あめ上あがりの道みちには、車くるまの轍わだちが深ふかく残とのこっていた。

    Deep car ruts remained on the road after the rain.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    雪ゆき道みちには、ソリの轍わだちがくっきりと続つづいていた。

    Clear sled tracks continued on the snowy road.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    先せん人じんの轍わだちを踏ふむだけでなく、新あたらしい道みちを切きり開ひらく勇ゆう気きも必ひつ要ようだ。

    It's not enough to follow in the footsteps of our predecessors; we also need the courage to forge new paths.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    未み舗ほ装そうの道どう路ろでは、大おお型がたトラックの轍わだちが泥どろだらけだった。

    On the unpaved road, the ruts from large trucks were muddy.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    彼かれは偉い大だいな歴れき史し家かたちの轍わだちをたどり、独どく自じの視し点てんで研けん究きゅうを進すすめた。

    He followed in the footsteps of great historians and advanced his research from his own unique perspective.

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    わだちい・わだち…(1)
    rut・wheel track
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