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    3. 類推

    類推

    類るい推すい

    analogy

    N1KMT10News #37+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab29 strokes

    るいすい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    analogy
    2.
    analogical reasoning, analogical inference
    logic
    3.
    analogy
    linguistics

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    彼かれは類るい推すいによって問もん題だいを解かい決けつした。

    He solved the problem by analogy.

    KMT7Science & MathCore Concepts
    人にん間げんの脳のうの働はたらきをコンピューターに類るい推すいして説せつ明めいする。

    We explain the function of the human brain by drawing an analogy to a computer.

    KMT9Science & MathTechnology
    科か学がく的てき発はっ見けんは、しばしば既き存ぞんの知ち識しきからの類るい推すいによって導みちびかれる。

    Scientific discoveries are often guided by analogy from existing knowledge.

    KMT10Science & MathEducation
    生せい物ぶつ学がくでは、異ことなる種しゅの器き官かんの構こう造ぞうを類るい推すいして進しん化かの過カ程テイを考こう察さつする。

    In biology, we consider the process of evolution by drawing analogies between the structures of organs in different species.

    KMT10Science & Math
    言げん語ご学がくにおいて、類るい推すいは新あたらしい単たん語ごの形けい成せいや文ぶん法ぽうの変へん化かを説せつ明めいする重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんだ。

    In linguistics, analogy is an important concept for explaining the formation of new words and grammatical changes.

    KMT10Science & MathEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    類
    たぐ.い…(1)
    sort・kind・variety・class・genus
    推
    お.す…(1)
    conjecture・infer・guess・suppose・support…(1)
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