Illustration: In the shared courtyard of a small Japanese apartment building, two residents examine a newly planted flower bed. Beside one resident sits a sample tray of plants arranged in rigid straight rows; beside the other, a loose cluster of mixed flowers suggests a freer arrangement.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

折せっ衷ちゅう

setchuu

blend, compromise

Example sentences

  1. ソースカツ丼どんとの折衷せっちゅう形がたである。

    It is a happy medium of the tamagotoji and the sauce katsudon sauce.

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

  2. このように、政策運営せいさくうんえいは保守ほしゅ・革新かくしん折衷せっちゅうだったといえる。

    As stated above, his policy administration would be a compromise between conservative and reformist policies.

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

  3. 古画こがの模写もしゃと写生しゃせいを基礎きそにし、諸派しょはを折衷せっちゅうし南北合体なんぼくがったいの画風がふうを目指めざした。

    Based on copies and sketches of ancient paintings and sketching, he eclectically mixed painting of various schools and aimed at a mixed style of north and south.

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

Kanji in 折衷

  • 折fold; breakOnセツ・シャクKunおる・おり・おり
  • 衷inmost; heartOnチュウ

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