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日の丸 (ひのまる): the Japanese flag — Japanese vocabulary

日の丸 is read ひのまる and means "the Japanese flag". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

日の丸

Reading
ひのまる · hinomaru
Translation
the Japanese flag
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ひのまるが

Example

その日、日の丸の旗がはためいていた。

そのひ、ひのまるのはたがはためいていた。

On that day, Japanese flags were flying.

Kanji in this word

  • 日 — day, sun, Japan
  • 丸 — round

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