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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

強きょう大だい

kyoudai

powerful, mighty

Example sentences

  1. 最もっとも強大きょうだいな帝国ていこくですら崩壊ほうかいする。

    Even the mightiest of empires comes to an end.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しかし、ロシアは強大きょうだいな軍事力ぐんじりょくを背景はいけいに日本にっぽんへの圧力あつりょくを増ましていった。

    However, Russia increased pressure on Japan with its massive military power.

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

  3. つまり、強大きょうだいな権力けんりょくを持もってしても制御せいぎょできないものと例たとえられたのである。

    In other words, they were used as an example of something that cannot be controlled, even by a great power.

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

Kanji in 強大

  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる
  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい

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