Illustration: In a small Japanese ceramics workshop, an artisan lifts a hand-sculpted clay bird from beside an open two-part mold whose hollow exactly matches its shape. A row of finished ceramic birds repeats the original's distinctive round body, tilted head, and uneven little wings.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん型けい

genkei

prototype, original form

Example sentences

  1. 原型げんけいは定さだかではない。

    The original form is unknown.

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

  2. 現在げんざいのうどんやそうめんの原型げんけいといわれる。

    This is said to be a model of current udon and fine white noodles.

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

  3. また、この東院庭園とういんていえんは今日きょうの日本庭園にっぽんていえんの原型げんけいとされている。

    Toin Teien Garden is regarded as a prototype of today’s Japanese gardens.

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

Kanji in 原型

  • 原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
  • 型mould; typeOnケイKunかた

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