Illustration: At a Japanese outdoor equipment workshop, a tester holds a single tote bag suspended by its handles while a colleague pours water over its exterior. Heavy metal weights fill the bottom, yet the handles and seams remain intact.

JLPT N1conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

かつ

katsu

and, as well as

Mostly used in formal writing. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは作家さっかでもあり、かつまた政治家せいじかでもある。
He is a writer and a statesman.
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彼かれは詩人しじんであり、かつ小説家しょうせつかだ。
He is a poet and novelist.
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我々われわれの先生せんせいは厳きびしくもあり、かつ優やさしくもある。
Our teacher is at once stern and kindly.
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