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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

騒そう動どう

soudou

riot, disturbance

Example sentences

警察けいさつが騒動そうどうに介入かいにゅうした。
The police intervened in the disturbance.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
国民こくみんの怒いかりが噴出ふんしゅつして騒動そうどうが繰くり返かえされた。
The anger of the people exploded, leading to a series of riots.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
大都市だいとしでは騒動そうどうが起おこる可能性かのうせいが大変大たいへんおおきい。
Big cities have too high a potential for riots.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 騒動

騒boisterous; make noiseOnソウKunさわぐ・うれい・さわがしい
動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす

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