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文明開化
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 文明開化.
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Entry
1
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
4 strokesFrequency 190JLPT N3Grade 1
On
ブンモン
Kun
ふみあや
Nanori
かざりふも
明
bright, light
8 strokesFrequency 67JLPT N3Grade 2
On
メイミョウミン
Kun
あ.かりあか.るいあか.るむあか.らむあき.らかあ.ける-あ.けあ.くあ.くるあ.かす
Nanori
あきらあけあすきらけさやさやかとしはるみめ
開
open, unfold, unseal
12 strokesFrequency 59JLPT N3Grade 3
On
カイ
Kun
ひら.くひら.き-びら.きひら.けるあ.くあ.ける
Nanori
はるかひらき
化
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
4 strokesFrequency 89JLPT N2Grade 3
On
カケ
Kun
ば.けるば.かすふ.けるけ.する
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