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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

名めい作さく

meisaku

masterpiece

Example sentences

  1. この映画えいがはまさしく不朽ふきゅうの名作めいさくである。

    This film is indeed an enduring masterpiece.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 簡単かんたんなフランス語ごに書かき直なおされた名作めいさくとか読よんでる。

    I’m reading things like famous novels which have been rewritten in simplified French.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その後ごも『小僧こぞうの神様かみさま』、『焚火たきび』などの名作めいさくを生うんだ。

    Afterward, he wrote masterpieces such as "The Shopboy’s God" and "Bonfire."

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

Kanji in 名作

  • 名name; notedOnメイ・ミョウKunな
  • 作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり

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