Illustration: At a ceramics restoration bench, a restorer fits the final large fragment into a broken vase supported by a padded cradle. Its familiar rounded body and narrow neck are becoming recognizable again, although several seams remain open.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん形けい

genkei

original form, base form

Example sentences

  1. この制度せいどにより、全国的ぜんこくてきな参勤交代制度さんきんこうたいせいどの原形げんけいができあがった。

    This system became the prototype of the nationwide sankin-kotai.

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

  2. 信者しんじゃにより削けずり取とられ、原形げんけいを留とめない。

    It is scraped away by devotees beyond recognition.

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

  3. しかし、大幅おおはばに改造かいぞうされており原形げんけいを留とめていない。

    But, because of thorough remodeling, it is completely different from the original structure.

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

Kanji in 原形

  • 原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
  • 形shape; formOnケイ・ギョウKunかた・かたち・なり

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