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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

常じょう識しき

joushiki

common sense, common knowledge

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょには常識じょうしきが欠かけている。

    She is lacking in common sense.

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  2. 言いい換かえれば、それは常識じょうしきの問題もんだいである。

    In other words, it’s a matter of common sense.

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  3. 地球ちきゅうが自転じてんしているのは常識じょうしきだ。

    It’s common knowledge that the earth turns on its axis.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 常識

  • 常usual; ordinaryOnジョウKunつね・とこ-
  • 識discriminating; knowOnシキKunしる・しるす

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