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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

君くん臨りん

kunrin

to reign

Example sentences

英国えいこくでは女王じょおうは君臨くんりんするが、支配しはいはしない。
In England, the queen reigns but does not rule.
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その王おうは４０年間ねんかんにわたって人民じんみんの上うえに君臨くんりんした。
The king reigned over his people for forty years.
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彼かれは世界せかいに君臨くんりんしようという野望やぼうにとりつかれている。
He is possessed with the ambition to rule over the world.
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Kanji in 君臨

君mister; youOnクンKunきみ
臨look to; faceOnリンKunのぞむ

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