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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

内うち輪わ

uchiwa

one’s own circle, in-group

Example sentences

  1. ごく内輪うちわの集あつまりなのです。

    It’s quite an informal meeting.

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  2. 彼かれらは内輪うちわげんかを始はじめた。

    They began to quarrel among themselves.

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  3. それは内輪うちわネタだ。

    It’s an inside joke.

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Kanji in 内輪

  • 内inside; withinOnナイ・ダイKunうち
  • 輪wheel; ringOnリンKunわ

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