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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

文ぶん明めい

bunmei

civilization

Example sentences

文明ぶんめいの進歩しんぽがとても速はやい。
The progress of civilization is very rapid.
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彼かれらは元々もともとあった文明ぶんめいを破壊はかいした。
They destroyed the native civilization.
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その国くにの文明ぶんめいは進歩しんぽした。
The country’s civilization has advanced.
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Kanji in 文明

文sentence; literatureOnブン・モンKunふみ・あや
明bright; lightOnメイ・ミョウ・ミンKunあかり・あかるい・あかるむ

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