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Reading

Kana: とぼそ
Romaji: toboso
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Definitions

1

cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge

See also: (reading くるる, entry #1)
2

door

Kanji

Readings: スウ、 シュ、 とぼそ、 からくり
Meanings: hinge, pivot, door

Example Sentences

東京(とうきょう)(いま)世界(せかい)経済(けいざい)中枢(ちゅうすう)だ。
➥Tokyo is now a center of the world economy.
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(わたし)はもっと(てき)抵抗(ていこう)があると()んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢(ちゅうすう)(すす)むほど(てき)()ってきてる・・・。おかしいと(おも)わないかしら?
➥I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?
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国家(こっか)文化(ぶんか)とアイデンティティという枢要(すうよう)問題(もんだい)から()(はな)された時点(じてん)で、比較(ひかく)文化(ぶんか)はその方向性(ほうこうせい)(うしな)う。
➥Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.
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