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万能 (ばんのう): all-purpose, almighty, omnipotent — Japanese vocabulary

万能 is read ばんのう and means "all-purpose, almighty, omnipotent". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

万能

Reading
ばんのう · bannou
Translation
all-purpose, almighty, omnipotent
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ばんのうが

Example

人間は神ほど万能ではない。

にんげんはかみほどばんのうではない。

Man is not as almighty as God.

Kanji in this word

  • 万 — ten-thousand
  • 能 — ability, skill

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