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接点

切点

Reading

Kana: せってん
Romaji: setten
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

tangent point; point of contact

(Mathematics)
2

contact (electrical, etc.)

3

point of agreement; common ground; interaction

Kanji

Readings: セツ、 ショウ、 つ.ぐ
Meanings: touch, contact, adjoin, piece together
Readings: テン、 つ.ける、 つ.く、 た.てる、 さ.す、 とぼ.す、 とも.す、 ぼち
Meanings: spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp

Example Sentence

あたりまえだが、(ひと)(ひと)との接点(せってん)は「ことば」である。その言葉(ことば)によって、(かんが)えを共有(きょうゆう)し、議論(ぎろん)している。
➥It's obvious but the connection between people is "words". It is by those words that thoughts are shared and arguments carried out.
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