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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

トラウマ

torauma

psychological trauma

Example sentences

幼少時ようしょうじの扱あつかいがトラウマとして影かげを落おとしたのではないかという説せつもある。
There is a view that it had something to do with his traumatic childhood.
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事故じこの記憶きおくがトラウマになり、車くるまに乗のるのが怖こわい。
The memory of the accident became a trauma, and I’m afraid to ride in a car.
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犬いぬに追おいかけられたことがトラウマで、今いまも犬いぬが苦手にがてだ。
Being chased by a dog was traumatic for me, and I’m still uneasy around dogs.
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