Illustration: On the veranda of a Japanese home, a family tries to stop a low table rocking on uneven boards. A younger adult holds an impractical tower of folded coasters beside the short leg. An older relative instead slides one small wooden wedge beneath it, stopping the wobble immediately.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

知ち恵え

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wisdom, good sense

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは知恵ちえのある人ひとだ。

    He is a man of wisdom.

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  2. 知恵ちえは富とみに勝まさる。

    Wisdom is better than riches.

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  3. 知恵ちえを絞しぼってこれを書かいた。

    I racked my brains to write this.

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Kanji in 知恵

  • 知know; wisdomOnチKunしる・しらせる
  • 恵favor; blessingOnケイ・エKunめぐむ・めぐみ

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