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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

平へい行こう

heikou

parallel

Example sentences

  1. この線せんはあの線せんに平行へいこうです。

    This line is parallel to that.

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  2. 長方形ちょうほうけいの対辺たいへんは平行へいこうである。

    The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.

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  3. 道みちは川かわに平行へいこうしている。

    The road parallels the river.

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Kanji in 平行

  • 平even; flatOnヘイ・ビョウ・ヒョウKunたいら・たいらげる・ひら
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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