Vocabulary

What does 熟語 (じゅくご, jukugo) mean?

熟語 (じゅくご, jukugo) means compound kanji word; idiom.

Quick facts
Readingじゅくご
Romajijukugo
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
じゅくご
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonjukugo

compound kanji word; idiom

  1. 1noun kanji compound
  2. 2noun idiom; idiomatic phrase

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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