中心 (ちゅうしん) — center, core

中ちゅう心しん center

Frequency #325 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. no-adjective noun suffix

chuushin

ちゅうしん

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ちゅうしん[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

center
core

Explained in simple Japanese

まんなかの、いちばんだいじなところ。

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Usage examples

幕府ばくふ：将軍しょうぐんを中心ちゅうしんとする武士ぶしの政府せいふ。

Bakufu: shougun o chuushin to suru bushi no seifu.

Shogunate: a warrior government centered on the shogun.

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Adjective forms

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