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主張

しゅちょう

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • claim
  • request
  • insistence
  • assertion
  • advocacy
  • emphasis
  • contention
  • opinion
  • tenet

Related Kanji

主 lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
張 lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

Example Sentences

私たちはその重要性を主張した。
We insisted on its importance.
無実だという彼の主張は誰も信じないだろう。
Nobody will believe his assertion that he is innocent.
ジョンソンの主張には根拠がないということではなく、誤解を招きやすいということである。
It is not that Johnson's claim is groundless but that it is misleading.
コロンブスは地球は丸いと主張した。
Columbus argued that the earth was round.
彼にそこへ行くように主張した。
We made a point of his going there.