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Japanese word definition and usage
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紹介JLPT 4
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Kana Readingしょうかい
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Romajishōkai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- introduction; referral
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Example Sentences
紹介, しょうかい used in context
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それを皮切りとして欧州の詩や文学を多数紹介するようになりました。
With that as a start many European poems and much literature came to be introduced.
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Is he the man painted by the newspapers as an up-and-coming scholar?
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今年もいくつか怪しいグッズを見つけたので、それらをまとめて紹介しよう。
This year again I found a number of dodgy goods so I'll introduce them all here.
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needless to sayは不定詞の慣用表現として紹介されることが多いです。
'needless to say' is often introduced as an idiomatic expression in the infinitive.
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Yes. She got an introduction from her old doctor and transferred.
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省略は立派な表現技法の一つであり、多くの文法書でも紹介されています。
Omission is a perfectly good example of an expression technique, and is brought up in many grammar books.
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