Illustration: At the entrance of a Japanese community tatami room, several visitors have left their outdoor shoes on the lower tiled floor and stepped up in socks. The host points gently toward the shoe area as the next visitor arrives wearing an enormous festival mascot costume.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん則そく

gensoku

principle, general rule

Example sentences

  1. この原則げんそくは子供こどもにのみ適用てきようされる。

    This general rule refers only to children.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 多数決原理たすうけつげんりが民主主義みんしゅしゅぎの根本こんぽん原則げんそくだ。

    Majority rule is a basic principle of democracy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 文法ぶんぽうの基本きほん原則げんそくはそれほど難むずかしくはない。

    The basic principles of grammar are not so difficult.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 原則

  • 原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
  • 則rule; lawOnソクKunのっとる・のり・すなわち

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