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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ショッキング

shokkingu

shocking

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの息子むすこが死しんだという知しらせは、とてもショッキングだった。

    The news of his son’s death was a great shock.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 帯おびは、限かぎられた小ちいさなスペースでその本ほんのアピールをしており、練ねった言葉ことばやショッキングな言葉ことばが使つかわれている。

    Obi appeals the content of the book within a limited small space by so polished or shocking words.

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

  3. 私わたしにとってショッキングな出来事できごとでした。

    It was a shocking experience for me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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