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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

機き運うん

kiun

momentum, growing tendency

This sense is usually written 気運. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 欧州おうしゅうでドイツが破竹はちくの進撃しんげきを続つづけるなか、国内こくないでも「バスに乗のり遅おくれるな」という機運きうんが高たかまっていた。

    While Germany’s advance continued unchecked in Europe, momentum was also rising within Japan 'not to miss the bus.'

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

  2. 前年ぜんねんに行おこなわれた東京帝国大学とうきょうていこくだいがくとのスポーツ交流戦こうりゅうせんを雑誌部ざっしぶが試験的しけんてきに報ほうじたことを機きに、大学新聞発行だいがくしんぶんはっこうの機運きうんが高たかまったことによる。

    This came about as publication of university press gathered momentum with the magazine division’s experimental reporting of the sports interleague games against Tokyo Imperial University held the previous year.

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

  3. すなわち1860年代以降ねんだいいこうの清朝せいちょうは、西欧せいおうの諸知識しょちしき・技術ぎじゅつを摂取せっしゅしようという機運きうんが高たかまっており、国際法こくさいほうへの関心かんしんもその延長線上えんちょうせんじょうにあるものであった。

    Namely, in the Qing dynasty since 1860’s, movement to absorb knowledge and technologies of western countries had been gathering momentum and interest in international law was its extension.

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

Kanji in 機運

  • 機loom; mechanismOnキKunはた
  • 運carry; luckOnウンKunはこぶ

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