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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

転てん換かん期き

tenkanki

period of transition

Example sentences

  1. その後ご、近代日本きんだいにっぽんの文化ぶんかは、明治維新めいじいしんと連合国占領時代れんごうこくせんりょうじだいの2度ど、大だい転換期てんかんきを迎むかえた。

    Thereafter, modern Japanese culture had a time of great transformation twice in the Meiji Restoration and the period of allied nations' occupation.

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

  2. 網野善彦あみのよしひこは職能民しょくのうみんなど非農民層ひのうみんそうに着目ちゃくもくし、南北朝時代なんぼくちょうじだいが日本史にほんしの転換期てんかんきにあたると主張しゅちょうしている。

    Yoshihiko Amino focused on nonfarmers, including people in specialized trades, and argued that the Nanboku-chō period was a turning point in Japanese history.

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

  3. この会社かいしゃは今いま、大おおきな転換期てんかんきを迎むかえている。

    This company is now going through a major period of transition.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 転換期

  • 転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす
  • 換interchange; periodOnカンKunかえる・かわる
  • 期period; timeOnキ・ゴ

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