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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

退たい治じ

taiji

to get rid of, to defeat

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはありを退治たいじしようと思おもった。

    He tried to get rid of the ants.

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  2. しかも初陣ういじんがあのドラゴン退治たいじ！

    What’s more, our first battle is to defeat that dragon!

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  3. われわれは彼かれの家いえのねずみを退治たいじした。

    We rid his house of mice.

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Kanji in 退治

  • 退retreat; withdrawOnタイKunしりぞく・しりぞける・ひく
  • 治reign; be at peaceOnジ・チKunおさめる・おさまる・なおる

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