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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

煽あおる

aoru

to stir up, to incite

Example sentences

  1. アメリカほど愛国心あいこくしんを煽あおる国くにはあるでしょうか。

    Does any other country fan the flames of patriotism as much as America?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. たいしたオチではないのに期待きたいを煽あおるような演出えんしゅつをすること。

    This is a dramatic effect to give the audience a sense of expectancy to punch lines which are not very special.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 明あかるい色いろの服ふくは鵜うの恐怖心きょうふしんを煽あおるため暗くらい色いろの服ふくになった。

    Dark colors are used for ryofuku because bright colors stir cormorants' fear.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 煽

  • 煽fan; flapOnセンKunあおる・おだてる・おこる

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