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徐行 (じょこう): going slowly — Japanese vocabulary

徐行 is read じょこう and means "going slowly". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

徐行

Reading
じょこう · jokou
Translation
going slowly
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
じょこうが

Example

車に徐行するようにと合図した。

くるまにじょこうするようにとあいずした。

I signaled the car to go slow.

Kanji in this word

  • 徐 — Gradually, Slowly, Deliberately
  • 行 — go, conduct

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