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秒読み[びょうよみ] (byouyomi)

countdown

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Meaning

秒読み (びょうよみ, byouyomi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “countdown”.

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Example sentences 3

オリンピック開催かいさいまで秒読びょうよみ段階だんかいです

We are counting down to the opening of the Olympics.

ついに彼かれらは用心ようじんしながら秒読びょうよみを開始かいしした。

At last, they began to count down cautiously.

光の列が減っていくことで残り時間を秒読みする信号機は東京や北海道などの地域で設置されている。

Traffic lights that count down the remaining time with a descending sequence of lights have been set up in Tokyo, Hokkaido and other areas.

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