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開通式

Reading

Kana: かいつうしき
Romaji: kaitsuushiki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

formal opening (e.g. of a rail-road)

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Reading: シキ
Meanings: style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression

Example Sentence

たくさんの(ひと)(あたら)しい(はし)開通式(かいつうしき)参列(さんれつ)した。
➥Quite a few people attended the opening ceremony of the new bridge.
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