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慣用 (kanyou)

common, customary

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

慣用 (かんよう, kanyou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “common, customary”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 7

「手てが空あく」は慣用かんよう句くです。

Have one's hands free is an idiom.

慣用句として『雁首をたれる』という表現がある。

There is an idiom of "gankubi o tareru" meaning "hang head down."

発射準備をおこなうことを慣用句で「火蓋を切る」という。

Colloquial expression for preparing to fire is 'hibuta o kiru,' which means to take off the cover of the flash pan.

私はおろかにもその慣用語句を文字通りの意味で解釈してしまった。

I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.

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