Illustration: At a roadside document check, a driver sits behind the steering wheel of a safely stopped compact car and presents a small laminated driver's license to a uniformed officer at the open window.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

免めん許きょ

menkyo

license, permit

On its own, it often means a driver’s license. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. やっと免許めんきょが取とれました。

    I got a driver’s license at last.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 車くるまの免許めんきょを取とりに行いく。

    I’m going to go and get my driver’s license.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしはこの夏なつに免許めんきょを取とった。

    I got my license this summer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 免許

  • 免excuse; dismissalOnメンKunまぬかれる・まぬがれる
  • 許permit; approveOnキョKunゆるす・もと

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