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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

逆ぎゃっ境きょう

gyakkyou

adversity

Example sentences

  1. 勇気ゆうきを持もって逆境ぎゃっきょうに立たち向むかう。

    Face adversity with courage.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 逆境ぎゃっきょうに直面ちょくめんしても彼女かのじょはにこにこしている。

    She carries on smiling even in the face of adversity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれらは幼おさない時ときから逆境ぎゃっきょうと闘たたかってきたにちがいない。

    They must have struggled against adversity from their early days.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 逆境

  • 逆inverted; reverseOnギャク・ゲキKunさか・さかさ・さからう
  • 境boundary; borderOnキョウ・ケイKunさかい

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