Illustration: At an airport customs inspection counter in Japan, a returning traveler has opened a suitcase containing several identical boxed wristwatches nestled among clothes. A uniformed customs officer inspects the goods while a second officer accepts the traveler's bank card at a payment terminal.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

関かん税ぜい

kanzei

customs duty, tariff

Example sentences

  1. 高たかい関税かんぜいが国際貿易こくさいぼうえきの障害しょうがいとなっている。

    High tariffs have become a barrier to international trade.

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  2. 宝石ほうせきの関税かんぜいを払はらった。

    We paid customs on jewels.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 関税かんぜいを下さげることを望のぞむ。

    We hope to lower the tariff.

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Kanji in 関税

  • 関connection; barrierOnカンKunせき・かかわる・からくり
  • 税tax; dutyOnゼイ

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