Illustration: In a modest neighbourhood printing shop, a printer lifts a freshly pressed sheet by its corners, with its printed face turned away from view. A small platen press stands open beside a neatly aligned stack of matching sheets.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

活かつ字じ

katsuji

printed letters

Example sentences

  1. この大おおきな活字かつじは眼めに楽らくだ。

    This large type is easy on the eyes.

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  2. 小ちいさい活字かつじがかすんで見みえます。

    The small print looks faded.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは新聞しんぶんの小ちいさな活字かつじをじっとみた。

    He peered at the small print in a newspaper.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 活字

  • 活lively; resuscitationOnカツKunいきる・いかす・いける
  • 字character; letterOnジKunあざ・あざな

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