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文明 (ぶんめい): civilization — Japanese vocabulary

文明 is read ぶんめい and means "civilization". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

文明

Reading
ぶんめい · bummei
Translation
civilization
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ぶんめいが

Example

文明は今や核戦争に脅かされている。

ぶんめいはいまやかくせんそうにおびやかされている。

Civilization is now threatened by nuclear war.

Kanji in this word

  • 文 — Sentence, Literature, Style
  • 明 — bright, clear

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