Illustration: At a community nature workshop, an instructor holds a large three-dimensional model of a seed's embryo beside a split bean resting in a shallow dish. The model has the same two fleshy halves and tiny curled shoot visible inside the real bean.

JLPT N2conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

すなわち

sunawachi

that is, namely

Common in formal explanations. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. すなわち彼かれはそれをしたくないのだ。

    In other words, he doesn’t want to do it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは非常ひじょうに知識ちしきのある人ひと、すなわち生いき字引じびきである。

    He is a man of great knowledge, that is to say, a walking dictionary.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは天文学てんもんがく、すなわち星ほしの研究けんきゅうをしている。

    He studies astronomy, or the science of stars.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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