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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

警けい鐘しょう

keishou

warning, wake-up call

Often used in the phrase 警鐘を鳴らす. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 日本酒にっぽんしゅの消費低迷期しょうひていめいきへの様々さまざまな要因よういんがこうして蓄積ちくせきしていくあいだに、同時代的どうじだいてきに警鐘けいしょうを鳴ならす者ものが皆無かいむだったわけではない。

    It’s not to say that nobody was warned about it while various reasons were piling in the continuing consumer slump of sake as mentioned above.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 解釈書かいしゃくしょも大量たいりょうに出版しゅっぱんされており、中なかには般若心経はんにゃしんきょうの原意げんいを取とり違ちがえたものさえあり、仏教学者ぶっきょうがくしゃが警鐘けいしょうを鳴ならしているような状態じょうたいである。

    Although numerous commentaries have been published, some of them make the mistake of interpreting the original intension of Hannya Shingyo, so that Buddhist scholars sound the alarm.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. と同時どうじに、こうした行動こうどうを通とおして、仏教ぶっきょうの権威けんいや形骸化けいがいかを批判ひはん・風刺ふうしし、仏教ぶっきょうの伝統化でんとうかや風化ふうかに警鐘けいしょうを鳴ならすものでもあった。

    At the same time, it was also a way to criticize and satirize the decline Buddhism, and the growth of an authoritarian strain, and to raise an alarm at the wearing down and ossification of Buddhism.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 警鐘

  • 警admonish; commandmentOnケイKunいましめる
  • 鐘bell; gongOnショウKunかね

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