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原語

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 原語.

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Entry

原語んごNounFreq #75350
1

original word; original language

Examples
日本語のむずかしさが、一握りの外国人を除いてすべての外国人が、原語で日本文学に近づくのを妨げている。
The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

10 strokesFrequency 172JLPT N2Grade 2

On

ゲン

Kun

はら

Nanori

ばるわたわら

word, speech, language

14 strokesFrequency 301JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

かた.るかた.らう

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