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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

万ばん能のう

bannou

all-powerful, all-round

Example sentences

  1. 人間にんげんは神かみほど万能ばんのうではない。

    Man is not as almighty as God.

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  2. 彼かれはスポーツ万能ばんのうだね。

    He excels in many sports.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. お金かねは万能ばんのうではないが、お金かねがないと何なにもできない。

    Money isn’t everything, but if you have no money, you can’t do anything.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 万能

  • 万ten thousand; 10,000Onマン・バンKunよろず
  • 能ability; talentOnノウKunよく・あたう

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