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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

威い厳げん

igen

dignity, authority

Example sentences

  1. 父親役ちちおややくや威厳いげんのある大物役おおものやくなどを演えんじることが多おおかった。

    He often played a father, or a dignified big shot.

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

  2. 最近さいきん、日本にっぽんの父親ちちおやの威厳いげんと重要性じゅうようせいは減少げんしょうした。

    Recently, the dignity and importance of the Japanese father has diminished.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 製作当初せいさくとうしょは金色きんいろに輝かがやき、所有者しょゆうしゃの富とみと威厳いげんを誇示こじする役割やくわりがあったものと想像そうぞうされる。

    The bell is imagined to have given off a gold radiance at first, and to have flaunted the owner’s wealth and dignity with the radiance.

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

Kanji in 威厳

  • 威intimidate; dignityOnイKunおどす・おどし・おどかす
  • 厳stern; strictnessOnゲン・ゴンKunおごそか・きびしい・いかめしい

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