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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

変へん革かく

henkaku

major change, reform

Example sentences

  1. 電話機でんわきの発明はつめいは我々われわれの生活せいかつに変革へんかくをもたらした。

    The invention of the telephone caused a revolution in our way of living.

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  2. 社会しゃかいの変革へんかくが急務きゅうむである。

    There is an urgent need for social change.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 政府せいふは根本的こんぽんてきな変革へんかくをしなければならない。

    The government must make fundamental changes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 変革

  • 変unusual; changeOnヘンKunかわる・かわり・かえる
  • 革leather; skinOnカクKunかわ

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