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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

風ふう刺し

fuushi

to satirize, satire

Example sentences

  1. その劇げきは政界せいかいを風刺ふうししたものだ。

    The play is a satire on the political world.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 他たにも政治せいじを風刺ふうしする歌うたはあったが、これ以後いご、「演歌えんか」という名称めいしょうが定着ていちゃくする。

    There were other political satire songs, but thereafter, the name 'enka' became common.

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

  3. 一方いっぽうで鯰絵自身なまずえじしんもまた、後世こうせいの風刺ふうし画がに影響えいきょうを与あたえている。

    On the other hand, namazu-e itself influenced the satirical drawings of later ages.

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

Kanji in 風刺

  • 風wind; airOnフウ・フKunかぜ・かざ-
  • 刺thorn; pierceOnシKunさす・ささる・さし

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