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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

頭あたま打うち

atamauchi

reaching a limit, plateauing

Example sentences

  1. 離婚率りこんりつはやがて頭打あたまうちになるでしょう。

    Divorce rates might reach a plateau soon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 大坂おおさか・江戸えどなどの中央市場ちゅうおうしじょうでの米価べいかの低下ていかが深刻化しんこくかし、新田開発しんでんかいはつによる耕地こうちの増大ぞうだいや年貢増徴ねんぐぞうちょうによる収入しゅうにゅうの増加ぞうかも頭打あたまうちとなった。

    The price of rice became alarmingly low on such central markets as Osaka and Edo, and the increase in the income due to the increase of agricultural land made by the development of new fields and the increase of land tax also reached the limit.

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

  3. 頭打あたまうちかと思おもってたけど、そっちの方向ほうこうで進化しんかするのか？

    I thought it had reached its limit, but is it going to evolve in that direction?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 頭打

  • 頭head; counter for large animalsOnトウ・ズ・トKunあたま・かしら・かぶり
  • 打strike; hitOnダ・ダースKunうつ・うち-・ぶつ

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