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    3. 鐘

    鐘

    鐘かね

    bell (often a large hanging bell)

    N2KMT8News #12+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    かね

    Noun

    1.
    bell (often a large hanging bell), chime

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    教きょう会かいの鐘かねが鳴なった。

    The church bell rang.

    KMT7Daily LifeReligion & Philosophy
    大おお晦み日そかには除じょ夜やの鐘かねが百ひゃく八はちつ鳴ならされる。

    On New Year's Eve, 108 bells of the New Year are rung.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    寺じ院いんの鐘かねは、人ひと々びとの心こころを落おち着つかせる力ちからがある。

    Temple bells have the power to calm people's hearts.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    授じゅ業ぎょうの終おわりを告つげる鐘かねが鳴なり響ひびいた。

    The bell announcing the end of class rang out.

    KMT8EducationDaily Life
    その鐘かねの音ねは、遠とおい昔むかしの出で来き事ごとを思おもい起おこさせるような響ひびきだった。

    The sound of that bell had an echo that made one recall events from a distant past.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    鐘
    かね…(1)
    bell・gong・chimes
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