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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

補ほ足そく

hosoku

to add, to supplement

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの説明せつめいに何なにか補足ほそくすることがありますか。

    Do you have anything to add to his explanation?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 補足ほそく情報じょうほうには、副詞ふくしや副詞ふくしのはたらきをするものが入はいります。

    Supplementary information includes adverbs and things that function as adverbs.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 上記じょうきについて補足ほそくすると、即位礼そくいれいでは天皇てんのうは正殿真中せいでんまんなかに立たち、皇后こうごうは向むかって右みぎに立たつ。

    To give further details about the aforementioned position, at the enthronement ceremony, the emperor stands in the center of the Throne Hall and the empress stands to the right from the viewer’s perspective.

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

Kanji in 補足

  • 補supplement; compensateOnホKunおぎなう
  • 足leg; footOnソクKunあし・たりる・たる

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