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衝突 (しょうとつ): collision, conflict — Japanese vocabulary

衝突 is read しょうとつ and means "collision, conflict". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

衝突

Reading
しょうとつ · shoutotsu
Translation
collision, conflict
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しょうとつが

Example

日米の利害がこの点で衝突した。

にちべいのりがいがこのてんでしょうとつした。

Japanese and American interests clashed on this point.

Kanji in this word

  • 衝 — collide, 衝撃
  • 突 — thrust, 突進

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