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JLPT N4i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

細こまかい

komakai

fine, minute

Example sentences

  1. 細こまかい雨あめが降ふっていた。

    A fine rain was falling.

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  2. 塩漬しおづけキャベツを細こまかく切きる。

    Chop the pickled cabbage finely.

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  3. わたしはこまかい点てんまでしらべました。

    I went into details.

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Kanji in 細

  • 細dainty; get thinOnサイKunほそい・ほそる・こまか

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