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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

知ち識しき人じん

chishikijin

intellectual

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは知識人ちしきじんぶるのが好すきだ。

    He likes to posture as an intellectual.

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  2. 初期読本しょきよみほんは知識人ちしきじん層そうによって書かかれた。

    The early Yomihon were written by intellectual people.

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

  3. そのため初期読本しょきよみほんは古典的知識こてんてきちしきを持もつ知識人ちしきじん層そうによって書かかれた。

    For this reason, early Yomihon books were written by intellectual elites who had the knowledge in the classics.

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

Kanji in 知識人

  • 知know; wisdomOnチKunしる・しらせる
  • 識discriminating; knowOnシキKunしる・しるす
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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