Illustration: At a roadside checking area, a uniformed Japanese traffic officer stands beside the open driver's window of a compact car. The driver presents a rigid wallet-sized credential bearing a small portrait that clearly matches their face.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

運うん転てん免めん許きょ

untenmenkyo

driver’s license

Example sentences

  1. 運転免許うんてんめんきょはお持もちですか？

    Do you have a driver’s license?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 年内ねんないには運転免許うんてんめんきょを取とります。

    I will have obtained a driver’s license by the end of the year.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょは運転免許うんてんめんきょを持もっていません。

    She doesn’t have a driver’s license.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 運転免許

  • 運carry; luckOnウンKunはこぶ
  • 転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす
  • 免excuse; dismissalOnメンKunまぬかれる・まぬがれる
  • 許permit; approveOnキョKunゆるす・もと

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