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Today’s Kanji
Sep 23, 2017
Today’s Words
Sep 23, 2017
N5
どうして
Definition
why?, for what reason, how, in what way, for what purpose, what for
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N4
ばしょ
Definition
place, location, spot, position, room, space, basho, wrestling tournament
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N3
きょく
Definition
bureau, department, office (e.g. post, telephone), broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio), channel, exchange, affair, situation, game (of go, shogi, etc.)
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N2
くぎる
Definition
to demarcate, to delimit, to divide (an area), to mark off, to cut off, to punctuate, to put an end to (e.g. a sentence), to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
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N1
おのずから
Definition
naturally, as a matter of course
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