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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

勃ぼっ発ぱつ

boppatsu

to break out

Example sentences

その戦争せんそうは偶然ぐうぜんに勃発ぼっぱつしたわけではない。
The war didn’t break out by accident.
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戦争せんそうが勃発ぼっぱつしたとき、あなたはいくつでしたか。
How old were you when the war broke out?
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一連いちれんの出来事できごとが戦争せんそうの勃発ぼっぱつを引ひき起おこした。
A chain of events led to the outbreak of the war.
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Kanji in 勃発

勃suddenness; riseOnボツ・ホツKunおこる・にわかに
発departure; dischargeOnハツ・ホツKunたつ・あばく・おこる

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