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暴動 (ぼうどう): insurrection, riot, uprising — Japanese vocabulary

暴動 is read ぼうどう and means "insurrection, riot, uprising". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

暴動

Reading
ぼうどう · boudou
Translation
insurrection, riot, uprising
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ぼうどうが

Example

暴動の噂が広まっていた。

ぼうどうのうわさがひろまっていた。

Rumor of a riot was in the air.

Kanji in this word

  • 暴 — violent
  • 動 — move, motion

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