First opened Monday, December 2, 2024
調印
ちょういん
- 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).
signature, sign, sealing
Taken apart
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In a sentence
首相が両国間の貿易協定に調印しました。
The Prime Minister signed a trade agreement between the two countries.
協定が調印されれば、輸入規制が解除できる。
We can lift the restrictions on imports once the joint agreement is signed.
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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.