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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

中ちゅう盤ばん

chuuban

middle stage, middle part

Example sentences

  1. 春はるの中盤ちゅうばんに入はいり暖あたたかくなってくると植物しょくぶつが増ふえ、夏なつになると雨あめも多おおくなる。

    Entering the middle of spring when the weather becomes warm, the amount of plants on the land increases, and in summer, the amount of rain fall also increases.

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

  2. ナマズが大地震だいじしんを起おこすという俗説ぞくせつは江戸時代えどじだい中盤ちゅうばんには既すでに民衆みんしゅうの間あいだに広ひろまっていた。

    The popular belief that catfish cause big earthquakes had already been widespread by the middle of the Edo Period.

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

  3. やはり中盤ちゅうばんから終盤しゅうばんにかけてが課題かだいか。

    It seems the middle to late stages are the challenge after all.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 中盤

  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
  • 盤tray; shallow bowlOnバン

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