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驚異 (きょうい): wonder, miracle — Japanese vocabulary

驚異 is read きょうい and means "wonder, miracle". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

驚異

Reading
きょうい · kyoui
Translation
wonder, miracle
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
きょういが

Example

その光景を見て私は驚異の念にうたれた。

そのこうけいをみてわたしはきょういのねんにうたれた。

The sight struck me with wonder.

Kanji in this word

  • 驚 — surprise, astonish
  • 異 — different, strange

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