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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

中ちゅう堅けん

chuuken

mid-level, middle-ranking

Example sentences

  1. 平安時代へいあんじだいは中堅ちゅうけん貴族きぞくであった。

    The Kiyohara clan was a nobility of middle rank during the Heian period.

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

  2. 戦後せんごは、中堅ちゅうけんの女形おんながたとして活躍かつやく。

    He put on great performances as a mid-level female impersonator after the war.

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

  3. 京極氏きょうごくしの譜代家臣ふだいかしんとして中堅ちゅうけん的位置てきいちにあった。

    It was in the mid-level position among the hereditary vassals of the Kyogoku clan.

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

Kanji in 中堅

  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
  • 堅strict; hardOnケンKunかたい

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