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神経 (しんけい): nerve, sensitivity — Japanese vocabulary

神経 is read しんけい and means "nerve, sensitivity". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

神経

Reading
しんけい · shinkei
Translation
nerve, sensitivity
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しんけいが

Example

彼女の物の言い方は私の神経をとがらせる。

かのじょのもののいいかたはわたしのしんけいをとがらせる。

Her manner of speaking gets on my nerves.

Kanji in this word

  • 神 — god, spirit
  • 経 — pass through

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