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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

意い思し表ひょう示じ

ishihyouji

to express one’s intentions

Example sentences

  1. ただし、譲位じょういがたとえ君主くんしゅの意思表示いしひょうじであったとしてもそれだけでは不可能ふかのうである。

    However, it is not enough for a monarch to expresses his will to actually carry out the abdication of the throne.

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

  2. 特とくにヤクザ映画等えいがとうでは、煙管きせるを口くちにくわえたまま振ふったりと、親分おやぶんの意思表示いしひょうじの小道具こどうぐに使用しようされる。

    Especially in yakuza movies, the kiseru is used as a prop to express boss’s decision by waving the kiseru in his mouth.

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

  3. 国内こくないでも同様どうようの用例ようれいは見みられるが、名指なざしは天皇てんのうに特別とくべつな敬意けいいを示しめさない意思表示いしひょうじとして受うけ取とられる場合ばあいも多おおい。

    Similar examples can be seen even in Japan, but calling the emperor by a name without an honorific title can be often perceived as a declaration of intention that special respect is not paid to the emperor.

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

Kanji in 意思表示

  • 意idea; mindOnイ
  • 思thinkOnシKunおもう・おもえらく・おぼす
  • 表surface; tableOnヒョウKunおもて・あらわす・あらわれる
  • 示show; indicateOnジ・シKunしめす

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