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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

天てん才さい

tensai

genius, prodigy

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちは彼かれを天才てんさいだと思おもった。

    We thought of him as a genius.

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  2. 彼かれは天才てんさいだ。

    He is a genius.

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  3. 彼かれは天才てんさいも同然どうぜんだ。

    He is no less than a genius.

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Kanji in 天才

  • 天heavens; skyOnテンKunあまつ・あめ・あま-
  • 才genius; years oldOnサイ

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