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はつめい
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. invention
Adjective (な)
Old-fashioned
2. intelligent; clever; smart
Alt. forms
発はつ明めい
99%
はつめい
Pitch accent
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Conjugations...Used in: 11
Composed of
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
invention
inventor
inventor
new invention; new discovery
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
necessity is the mother of invention
invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention
reinvention
first-to-invent principle (in patent law); first-to-invent system
joint invention
present invention
invention developed as a result of one's work
Four Great Inventions (of China: the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing)
Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation; JIII
Examples (44 in total)
I wonder who invented it.
Who invented the telephone?
What a wonderful invention!
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