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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

驚きょう異い

kyoui

wonder, amazement

Example sentences

その光景こうけいを見みて私わたしは驚異きょういの念ねんにうたれた。
The sight struck me with wonder.
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読書どくしょは驚異きょういにみちたゆたかな世界せかいへみちびいてくれる。
Reading will guide us to the rich world of wonder.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは驚異きょういの念ねんで一杯いっぱいだった。
He was filled with wonder.
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Kanji in 驚異

驚wonder; be surprisedOnキョウKunおどろく・おどろかす
異uncommon; differentOnイKunこと・ことなる・け

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