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直角 (ちょっかく): right angle — Japanese vocabulary

直角 is read ちょっかく and means "right angle". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

直角

Reading
ちょっかく · chokkaku
Translation
right angle
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ちょっかくが

Example

彼は水彩絵具を短くほぼ直角の筆使いで用いた。

かれはすいさいえのぐをみじかくほぼちょっかくのふでづかいでもちいた。

He used watercolors in short vertical brush-strokes.

Kanji in this word

  • 直 — straight, fix
  • 角 — angle, horn

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