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近視 (きんし): nearsightedness — Japanese vocabulary

近視 is read きんし and means "nearsightedness". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

近視

Reading
きんし · kinshi
Translation
nearsightedness
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きんしが

Example

彼はあんな小さい字が読めるのだから近視どころではない。

かれはあんなちいさいじがよめるのだからきんしどころではない。

Since he can read such tiny print, he is far from being near-sighted.

Kanji in this word

  • 近 — near
  • 視 — vision, see

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