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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

機き関かん

kikan

agency, institution

Example sentences

その機関きかんは１９６０年代後半ねんだいこうはんに設立せつりつされた。
The institution was established in the late 1960s.
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調査ちょうさ機関きかんがその効果こうかを調しらべた。
A research organization investigated the effect.
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国会こっかいは日本にっぽんの主要統治しゅようとうち機関きかんである。
The Diet is the chief organ of government in Japan.
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Kanji in 機関

機loom; mechanismOnキKunはた
関connection; barrierOnカンKunせき・かかわる・からくり

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