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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

横よこばい

yokobai

leveling off, remaining steady

Example sentences

  1. 洛西らくさいニュータウン自体じたいの人口じんこうが横よこばいあるいは減少傾向げんしょうけいこう。

    The population of Rakusai New Town has leveled off or even decreased.

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

  2. 近年きんねん、漫画雑誌まんがざっしの売上うりあげは減少げんしょうを続つづけているが、漫画単行本まんがたんこうほんの売上うりあげは年としによって増減ぞうげんはあるがほぼ横よこばいである。

    In recent years, comic magazine sales have been decreasing, but comic book sales have been broadly flat while there is an increase or decrease.

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

  3. 福知山市ふくちやましは周辺自治体しゅうへんじちたいでは人口じんこうの減少げんしょうが進すすむ中少なかすくなくとも平成へいせいの合併がっぺいまではほぼ横よこばいに近ちかい程度ていどの人口増加じんこうぞうかを続つづけてきた市しである。

    Fukuchiyama City’s population experienced an increase which was close to being relatively unchanged until the municipal merger in Heisei, while the population decreased in surrounding municipalities.

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

Kanji in 横

  • 横sideways; sideOnオウKunよこ

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