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発見 (はっけん): discovery, detection, finding — Japanese vocabulary

発見 is read はっけん and means "discovery, detection, finding". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

発見

Reading
はっけん · hakken
Translation
discovery, detection, finding
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
はっけんが

Example

我々は古代文明の遺跡を発見した。

われわれはこだいぶんめいのいせきをはっけんした。

We discovered relics of an ancient civilization.

Kanji in this word

  • 発 — depart, emit
  • 見 — see, look

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