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First opened Monday, September 23, 2019

実用

じつよう

  • 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).

practical use, utility

JLPT N2Commonnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)漢語 · Sino-Japanese

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Written with 実用

In a sentence

  • そのような技術(ぎじゅつ)は多(おお)くの実用(じつよう)が可能(かのう)であろう。

    Such skills could be put to many practical uses.

    Tatoeba #212530, translation #49814

  • 実用(じつよう)性(せい)と芸術(げいじゅつ)性(せい)が相(あい)まって住(す)みよい家(いえ)ができる。

    Practical utility and artistic beauty combine to make a comfortable house to live in.

    Tatoeba #149287, translation #265271

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What Wiktionary says

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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 September 23

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