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Grade 5JLPT N3

system, law, rule

8 strokes · frequency rank #108

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セイ

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Common words

  1. たいせいorder; system; structure; set-up1
    • Communism is the system practiced in the Soviet Union.

    • Japan has been one of the greatest beneficiaries of the free trade system under the GATT regime.

    • The soldiers were on the alert.

  2. せいどsystem; institution; organization; organisation2
    • The new system proved a success.

    • This system is bristling with defects and drawbacks.

    • They changed the system.

  3. きせいregulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction3
    • We should obey the traffic rules.

    • You should obey the traffic rules.

    • We should obey the rules.

  4. せいさいsanctions; punishment4
    • The U. N. moved to impose sanctions.

    • It is improper to impose sanctions upon the union.

    • Unless Japan eliminates those barriers, the U.S. will take sanctions.

  5. ぜいせいtax system5
    • The people did not reach consensus on taxation.

    • The new tax system comes into effect next year.

    • The ruling party pushed its tax bill through.

  6. せいsystem; organization; organisation; imperial command6
    • The enterprises carried the five-day workweek.

    • They are paid by the day.

    • We work on a piecework basis.

  7. せいさくwork (film, book)7
    • His next production was a very ambitious musical.

    • I had the pleasure of learning that you recently became the manager of the production division.

    • "From the North Country" is a TV drama produced by Fuji TV and set in Furano in Hokkaido.

  8. せいげんrestriction; restraint; limitation; limit8
    • Don't go beyond the speed limit.

    • Should I watch my diet?

    • I'm on a diet.

  9. きょうせいcompulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement9
    • Nothing can force me to give it up.

    • Black people were compelled to work in cotton fields.

    • We are constrained to and restrained from an action.

  10. せいていenactment; establishment; creation10
    • The law was enacted in the Meiji era.

    • This law came into existence in 1918.

    • The regulation was abolished, but then it was reenacted.

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