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First opened Tuesday, October 13, 2015

外交

がいこう

  • flat (heiban)

How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).

diplomacy

JLPT N3Commonnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)漢語 · Sino-Japanese

Taken apart

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Written with 外交

In a sentence

  • 英語(えいご)は外交(がいこう)や観光(かんこう)事業(じぎょう)に有効(ゆうこう)である。

    English is useful in diplomacy and tourism.

    Tatoeba #189138, translation #26284

  • 巧(たく)みな外交(がいこう)は戦争(せんそう)を避(さ)ける助(たす)けとなる。

    Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war.

    Tatoeba #173715, translation #240755

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What Wiktionary says

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What the labels mean

漢語 Sino-Japanese
Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.

Also opened on October 13

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