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能 (のう): being skilled in, nicely, properly — Japanese vocabulary

能 is read のう and means "being skilled in, nicely, properly". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

能

Reading
のう · nou
Translation
being skilled in, nicely, properly
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
のうがのうが

Example

能は伝統的な日本の芸術である。

のうはでんとうてきなにっぽんのげいじゅつである。

Noh is a traditional Japanese art.

Kanji in this word

  • 能 — ability, skill

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