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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

時じ期き尚しょう早そう

jikishousou

premature, too early

Example sentences

  1. 今いまその計画けいかくを実施じっしするのは、時期尚早じきしょうそうである。

    It is premature to put the plan into practice now.

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  2. しかし、日本にっぽんを近代国家きんだいこっかと見みなしていない欧米諸国おうべいしょこくからは相手あいてにされず、まだ時期尚早じきしょうそうであった。

    However, it was still too early because western countries did not consider Japan to be a modern country and ignored Japan.

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

  3. 韓国統監かんこくとうかんであった伊藤博文いとうひろぶみと彼かれを中心ちゅうしんとするグループは、「併合へいごうは時期尚早じきしょうそうである」として反対はんたいした。

    Hirobumi ITO, Inspector General of Korea, and his group were opposed to it, because 'the annexation was too early.'

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

Kanji in 時期尚早

  • 時time; hourOnジKunとき
  • 期period; timeOnキ・ゴ
  • 尚esteem; furthermoreOnショウKunなお
  • 早early; fastOnソウ・サッKunはやい・はや・はや-

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