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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

熟じゅく語ご

jukugo

idiom

熟語 can also mean a kanji compound. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. できるだけたくさん熟語じゅくごを暗記あんきしなさい。

    Learn as many idioms as possible by heart.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 今いままで私わたしたちは熟語じゅくごをいくつ勉強べんきょうしましたか。

    How many idioms have we studied so far?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 「一番好いちばんすきな四字よじ熟語じゅくごは、何なにですか?好すきな理由りゆうも教おしえてください」「『四字熟語よじじゅくご』です。理由りゆうは、他たの四字熟語よじじゅくごが分わからないからです」

    “What’s your favorite four-character idiom? Tell me why you like it, too.” “ ‘Four-character idiom.’ Because I don’t know any other four-character idioms.”

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 熟語

  • 熟mellow; ripenOnジュクKunうれる
  • 語word; speechOnゴKunかたる・かたらう

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