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JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

当とう然ぜん

touzen

natural, reasonable

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれが怒おこるのも当然とうぜんです。

    It’s natural for him to get angry.

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  2. 人気にんきがあるのも当然とうぜんだ。

    He is deservedly popular.

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  3. 当然とうぜんのことを言いったまでよ。

    I only stated the obvious.

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Kanji in 当然

  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる
  • 然sort of thing; soOnゼン・ネンKunしか・しかり・しかし

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