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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

典てん型けい

tenkei

typical example

Example sentences

  1. 福岡ふくおかは私わたしが好すきなタイプの町まちのまさに典型てんけいです。

    Fukuoka is very typical of the kind of town I like.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれはまさに英国紳士えいこくしんしの典型てんけいだ。

    He is certainly a model English gentleman.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは積極的せっきょくてきなセールスマンの典型てんけいだ。

    He’s the very model of an aggressive salesman.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 典型

  • 典code; ceremonyOnテン・デンKunふみ・のり
  • 型mould; typeOnケイKunかた

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