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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

迷めい信しん

meishin

superstition

Example sentences

  1. その迷信めいしんは彼かれらの間まで今いまなお残のこっている。

    This superstition still lingers on among them.

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  2. 私わたしは愚おろかな迷信めいしんなど信しんじない。

    I have no faith in a silly superstition.

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  3. 多おおくの迷信めいしんがまだ信しんじられている。

    Lots of superstitions are still believed in.

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Kanji in 迷信

  • 迷astray; be perplexedOnメイKunまよう
  • 信faith; truthOnシン

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