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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

世せ界かい遺い産さん

sekaiisan

World Heritage Site

Example sentences

  1. ポンペイはユネスコの世界遺産せかいいさんです。

    Pompeii is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 木造もくぞうであり、世界遺産せかいいさんである。

    This wooden structure is listed as a World Heritage site.

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

  3. 「古都京都こときょうとの文化財ぶんかざい」の一部いちぶとして世界遺産せかいいさんに登録とうろくされている。

    As part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, it is registered as a World Heritage site.

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

Kanji in 世界遺産

  • 世generation; worldOnセイ・セ・ソウKunよ
  • 界world; boundaryOnカイ
  • 遺bequeath; leave behindOnイ・ユイKunのこす
  • 産products; bearOnサンKunうむ・うまれる・うぶ-

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