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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

強つよまる

tsuyomaru

to grow stronger

Example sentences

  1. 年としをとると共ともに、情熱じょうねつは薄うすれるが、身みについた習慣しゅうかんは強つよまるものだ。

    Passions weaken, but habits strengthen, with age.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 強つよい冬型ふゆがたの気圧配置きあつはいちとなり、雪ゆきが強つよまるおそれがある。

    There’s a fear that the snow will strengthen amid the strong winter pressure pattern.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 風かぜが強つよまる

    the wind picks up

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 強

  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる

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