Illustration: Outside a neighborhood bakery, the owner stands on a short stepladder fastening a wooden signboard to a projecting bracket above the entrance. The board carries a raised picture of a loaf, matching the real bread visible in baskets through the window.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

看かん板ばん

kanban

sign, signboard

Example sentences

  1. 日光にっこうで看板かんばんの文字もじがあせた。

    The sun had faded the lettering on the sign.

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  2. ここへ看板かんばんを立たてよう。

    Let’s set up a sign here.

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  3. 大おおきな看板かんばんがあります。

    There’s a big sign.

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Kanji in 看板

  • 看watch over; seeOnカンKunみる
  • 板plank; boardOnハン・バンKunいた

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