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    3. 釣り合う

    釣り合う

    釣つり​合あう​

    to balance

    N2KMT7CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab21 strokes

    つり合う釣合う

    つりあう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to balance, to be in harmony, to be in equilibrium
    2.
    to suit, to go well together, to be a good match

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    この服ふくと靴くつはよく釣つり合あう。

    These clothes and shoes match well.

    KMT5Daily LifeFashion & Beauty
    彼かれの収しゅう入にゅうと支し出しゅつは釣つり合あっている。

    His income and expenses are balanced.

    KMT7Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    二ふた人りの性せい格かくは正せい反はん対たいだが、不ふ思し議ぎと釣つり合あっている。

    Their personalities are completely opposite, but they strangely balance each other out.

    KMT7Daily LifeFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    供きょう給きゅうと需じゅ要ようが釣つり合あう点てんで、市し場じょう価か格かくが決けっ定ていされる。

    Market prices are determined at the point where supply and demand balance.

    KMT7Business & FinanceScience & Math
    会かい社しゃの規き模ぼと責せき任にんの重おもさが釣つり合あわないと感かんじ、彼かれは転てん職しょくを決けつ意いした。

    Feeling that the company's size and the weight of his responsibilities didn't balance, he decided to change jobs.

    KMT8Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    釣
    つ.る・つ.り・つ.り-…(2)
    angling・fish・catch・allure・ensnare
    Kanji
    合
    あ.う・-あ.う・あ.い・あい-・-あ.い・-あい…(16)
    fit・suit・join・0.1
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    う
    u
    Kana
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