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Grade 5JLPT N3

ability, talent, skill, capacity

10 strokes · frequency rank #273

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ノウ
Kun
よ.く、あた.う

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Common words

  1. かのうpossible; potential; practicable; feasible1
    • Boys can be trained to behave.

    • The situation is still capable of improvement.

    • We can cure some types of cancer.

  2. きのうfunction; facility; faculty; feature2
    • What did they add this needless function for?

    • The United Nations is an international organization.

    • Its mechanism will cease to work.

  3. かのうせいpossibility; chance; likelihood; probability3
    • Might she have missed her train?

    • There's an outside chance of winning.

    • There is no possibility of our finding him.

  4. のうりょくability; faculty4
    • His talent was of a high order.

    • Ability alone is not enough.

    • You will be paid according to your ability.

  5. のうtalent; gift; function5
    • Noh is a traditional Japanese art.

    • I met an American who was interested in Noh plays.

  6. げいのうpublic entertainment; performing arts6
  7. ふかのうimpossible7
    • Recovery was almost impossible.

    • He is impossible to beat.

    • It's out of the question.

  8. ほうしゃのうradioactivity8
    • Another interesting source of energy is the heat that can be recovered from radioactive waste material.

    • The rain is radiologically inactive this time.

    • The radioactivity leaked out of the nuclear power plant.

  9. せいのうability; performance; efficiency9
    • This car has a better performance than that one.

    • The performance of electric cars has improved.

    • The ship performed well in the heavy storm.

  10. さいのうtalent; ability10
    • You have a gift for music.

    • He has an aptitude for painting.

    • My brother has a gift for painting.

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