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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

短たん期き大だい学がく

tankidaigaku

junior college

Often shortened to 短大(たんだい). Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 当初とうしょは、英語英文科えいごえいぶんかと美術科びじゅつかのみの短期大学たんきだいがくとしてのスタートであった。

    The junior college started only the departments of English and Art.

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

  2. 京都市きょうとしは学生がくせいの街まちとしても知しられ、市内しないに三十六校さんじゅうろっこうの大学だいがく・短期大学たんきだいがくを抱かかえる。

    Kyoto City is known as a student city, as it is home to 36 universities and junior colleges.

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

  3. これも「知恵ちえ」が単純たんじゅんに文化秩序ぶんかちつじょを象徴しょうちょうするわけではないことを物語ものがたっている、と共立女子きょうりつじょし短期大学たんきだいがく講師こうし・猪股いのまたときわは分析ぶんせきする。

    Tokiwa INOMATA, a lecturer at Kyoritsu Women’s Junior College, analyzes that this implies that a 'clever mind' does not simply represent cultural order.

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

Kanji in 短期大学

  • 短short; brevityOnタンKunみじかい
  • 期period; timeOnキ・ゴ
  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 学study; learningOnガクKunまなぶ

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