Illustration: During a family meal in a Japanese apartment, a cat’s attempt to steal a grilled fish has set several events in motion.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

展てん開かい

tenkai

development, unfolding

Example sentences

  1. その事件じけんの展開てんかいについて引ひき続つづきお知しらせ下ください。

    Please keep me informed of the development of the case.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 物語ものがたりの筋すじはある島しまを舞台ぶたいに展開てんかいする。

    The action of the story takes place on an island.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 戦況せんきょうは我々われわれに有利ゆうりに展開てんかいしている。

    The war is going in our favor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 展開

  • 展unfold; expandOnテン
  • 開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける

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