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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

普ふ遍へん的てき

fuhenteki

universal

Example sentences

  1. 高地こうちは軍事的防御ぐんじてきぼうぎょに有利ゆうりであり、山やまに城郭じょうかくを築きずく行為こういは場所ばしょと時代じだいを問とわず普遍的ふへんてきに行おこなわれている。

    The construction of castles on mountains was a universal practice as high ground is beneficial from a military defensive standpoint.

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

  2. これは従来じゅうらいの日本にっぽんにない新あたらしい歴史観れきしかんであり、歴史れきしの中なかに普遍的ふへんてきな法則性ほうそくせいを見出みいだそうとする歴史観れきしかんであった。

    These views of history had not existed in Japan until then, and had the nature of trying to find universal laws in history.

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

  3. ただしこうした呼称こしょうや職掌しょくしょうは、すべての藩はんで普遍的ふへんてきに見みられたものではなく、その軽重けいちょうには大おおきな違ちがいがあった。

    However, the name and jobs of the Sobayonin were not universal, and importance of the post depended on the domain.

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

Kanji in 普遍的

  • 普universal; wide(ly)OnフKunあまねく・あまねし
  • 遍everywhere; timesOnヘンKunあまねく
  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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