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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

指し針しん

shishin

guideline, guiding principle

Example sentences

  1. 一貫いっかんした行動こうどう指針ししんというものが無ない人ひともいます。彼かれらはただ、その時々ときどきで自分じぶんに都合つごうの良よい指針ししんがあれば、何なにでも受うけ入いれるのです。

    Some people do not have a consistent set of principles; they just adopt whatever principles benefit them at the moment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日本にっぽんでは温泉おんせんは温泉法おんせんほうと環境省かんきょうしょうの鉱泉分析法こうせんぶんせきほう指針ししんで定義ていぎされている。

    In Japan, hot springs are defined by the Hot Springs Act and the Ministry of the Environment’s Guidelines for Analysis of Mineral Springs.

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

  3. しかし依然いぜんとして残のこる違反建築物いはんけんちくぶつがあるため、2006年ねんに「大岩街道周辺地域おおいわかいどうしゅうへんちいきの良好りょうこうな環境かんきょうづくりの指針ししん」を定さだめ、引ひき続つづき対策たいさくが行おこなわれている。

    However, because some buildings in violation of the rules remain, guidelines for improving the environment around Oiwa Kaido were established in 2006, and measures to address the problem continue.

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

Kanji in 指針

  • 指finger; pointOnシKunゆび・さす
  • 針needle; pinOnシンKunはり

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