Illustration: At a small Japanese museum, a casually dressed adult guides two friends through an exhibition containing a painted folding screen, an architectural model, and an old stringed instrument.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

教きょう養よう

kyouyou

education, cultural refinement

Example sentences

  1. その医者いしゃは教養きょうようのある人ひとだ。

    The doctor is a man of culture.

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  2. 彼かれはいわゆる教養きょうよう人じんだ。

    He is what is called a man of culture.

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  3. 彼女かのじょはいわゆる教養きょうようのある女性じょせいです。

    She is what is called a woman of culture.

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Kanji in 教養

  • 教teach; faithOnキョウKunおしえる・おそわる
  • 養foster; bring upOnヨウ・リョウKunやしなう

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