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Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

同どう格かく

doukaku

the same rank

Example sentences

  1. 同行どうこうしてきた大尉達たいいたちは神成大尉かんなりたいいと同格どうかくの指揮官しきかんになる。

    Other Captains who came along were commanders of equal rank with Captain Kannari, even though he was the officer in charge.

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

  2. 開拓使かいたくしは、省しょうと同格どうかくの中央官庁ちゅうおうかんちょうの1つである。

    The Hokkaido Development Commission was a central government agency of the same rank as a ministry.

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

  3. しかし、鎌倉殿かまくらどのに等ひとしく従属じゅうぞくする家人けにんとして身分上みぶんじょうは同格どうかくとして扱あつかわれた。

    However, as retainers equally subordinate to the lord of Kamakura, they were treated as having the same status.

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

Kanji in 同格

  • 同same; agreeOnドウKunおなじ
  • 格status; rankOnカク・コウ・キャク

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