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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

常つね々づね

tsunezune

always, habitually

Example sentences

  1. トムは常々つねづね、賞金稼しょうきんかせぎになりたいと夢見ゆめみていた。

    Tom always dreamed of becoming a bounty hunter.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ああ、僕ぼくも実じつに分わかりやすいなあって、常々つねづね思おもっているんだよ。

    Yeah, I’ve always thought it’s as plain as the nose on your face.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 中国文物ちゅうごくぶんぶつコレクションを自慢じまんする当時とうじの煎茶せんちゃブームには常々つねづね疑問ぎもんを持もっていたようである。

    He seems to have long had doubts about the sencha craze of the time, when people boasted about their collections of Chinese cultural objects.

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

Kanji in 常々

  • 常usual; ordinaryOnジョウKunつね・とこ-

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