Illustration: Inside a neighborhood meeting room, residents gather around a rough pictorial plan for turning an empty lot into a shared garden. The paper shows only paths, planting beds and benches, with no lettering. Its corners curl, and loose paper cutouts allow the layout to change.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

草そう案あん

souan

draft, preliminary proposal

Example sentences

  1. これが平和条約へいわじょうやくの草案そうあんだ。

    This is the rough draft of the peace treaty.

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  2. 鞄かばんは後ごに近ちかくの畑はたけで見みつかり、草案そうあんは無事ぶじだったという。

    The bag was found later in a nearby field, and the draft papers were still in the bag.

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

  3. 上記じょうきの通とおり、各国憲法かっこくけんぽうを研究けんきゅうして憲法けんぽう草案そうあんを起草きそうせよと命めいじている。

    As mentioned above, the emperor ordered the preparation of drafts of a constitution after studies on other countries' constitutions.

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

Kanji in 草案

  • 草grass; weedsOnソウKunくさ・くさ-
  • 案plan; ideaOnアンKunつくえ

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