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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

社しゃ会かい科か

shakaika

social studies

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは社会科しゃかいかにはたいへん興味きょうみをもっています。

    I’m very interested in social studies.

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  2. 例たとえば、社会科しゃかいかの授業じゅぎょうでは、先生せんせいがメンバーの一人ひとりになって、議論ぎろんがされることがしばしばあります。

    In my social studies class, for example, there are often discussions that include the teacher as another member of the group.

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  3. 遠足えんそくや社会科しゃかいか見学等けんがくとうで関西地方かんさいちほうの小学生しょうがくせいが訪問ほうもんすることでも知しられる。

    This dam is also popular among elementary school children in the Kansai region, who visit it on school excursions or social studies trips.

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

Kanji in 社会科

  • 社company; shrineOnシャKunやしろ
  • 会meet; gatherOnカイ・エKunあう・あわせる・あつまる
  • 科department; courseOnカ

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