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    3. 風前

    風前

    風ふう前ぜん

    where the wind blows

    KMT10News #37+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab18 strokes

    ふうぜん

    Noun

    1.
    where the wind blows

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの命いのちは風ふう前ぜんの灯ともしびだ。

    His life is like a lamp in the wind (precarious).

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology
    その会かい社しゃの経けい営えいは風ふう前ぜんの灯とも火しびとなっている。

    The management of that company is in a precarious situation.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentBusiness & Finance
    文ぶん明めいの存そん続ぞくが風ふう前ぜんの危き機きに瀕ひんしている。

    The survival of civilization is facing a precarious crisis.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentHistory
    風ふう前ぜんの蝋ろう燭そくのように、かすかな光ひかりが揺ゆれている。

    A faint light flickers like a candle in the wind.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    この国くにの平へい和わは、常つねに風ふう前ぜんの状じょう況きょうにあると言いえる。

    It can be said that the peace of this country is always in a precarious situation.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentPolitics & LawMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    風
    かぜ・かざ-…(4)
    wind・air・style・manner
    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
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