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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

無む償しょう

mushou

free of charge

Example sentences

  1. 山中さんちゅうで無償むしょうで入手にゅうしゅできる薪たきぎに比くらべ、木炭もくたんは貴重きちょうな存在そんざいであった。

    Charcoal was precious compared with wood, which could be obtained without cost in mountains.

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

  2. 大部分だいぶぶんが国有地こくゆうちで、奈良県ならけんが無償むしょうで借用しゃくようし管理かんりしている。

    Most of the park is a state-owned land, which Nara Prefecture borrows for free and maintains.

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

  3. 京都市きょうとしが無償むしょうで譲ゆずり受うけたが老朽化ろうきゅうかで内部非公開ないぶひこうかいとなっている。

    The City of Kyoto received it at no cost; but the inside is closed to the public because it has deteriorated with age.

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

Kanji in 無償

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 償reparation; make up forOnショウKunつぐなう

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