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知能 (ちのう): intelligence, brains — Japanese vocabulary

知能 is read ちのう and means "intelligence, brains". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

知能

Reading
ちのう · chinou
Translation
intelligence, brains
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ちのうが

Example

彼は並はずれた知能の持ち主である。

かれはなみはずれたちのうのもちぬしである。

He is a boy of singular intelligence.

Kanji in this word

  • 知 — know
  • 能 — ability, skill

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