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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

断だん面めん

danmen

cross section

Example sentences

  1. 細長ほそながい体形たいけいで、体からだの断面だんめんは円形えんけいである。

    Its body is long and slender and it has a circular cross-section.

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

  2. 完成かんせいした蝋燭ろうそくは、断面だんめんが年輪状ねんりんじょうになる。

    The section of a finished warosoku shows an annual ring-like pattern.

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

  3. 近年きんねんの研究けんきゅうで、鏡かがみの断面だんめんが時代じだいとともに変化へんかしていることがわかってきた。

    Recent studies show that the cross-section surface of the mirror changed with the times.

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

Kanji in 断面

  • 断cut; decideOnダンKunたつ・ことわる・さだめる
  • 面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら

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