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First opened Monday, July 5, 2021

控除

こうじょ

  • head-high (atamadaka): falls after mora 1

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).

subsidy, deduction

JLPT N1Commonnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb漢語 · Sino-Japanese

Taken apart

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Written with 控除

In a sentence

  • 税務署(ぜいむしょ)は控除(こうじょ)を認(みと)めた。

    The tax agent allowed the deduction.

    Tatoeba #142475, translation #272095

  • 慈善(じぜん)事業(じぎょう)への寄付(きふ)は課税(かぜい)所得(しょとく)から控除(こうじょ)されます。

    Donations to philanthropic programs are tax-exempt.

    Tatoeba #150729, translation #263828

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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.

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