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中堅
中堅
See also: 中坚
Chinese
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
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strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
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| trad. (中堅) | 中 | 堅 | |
| simp. (中坚) | 中 | 坚 | |
Noun
中堅
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 中 | 堅 |
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ちゅう Grade: 1 |
けん Grade: S |
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Noun
中堅 (hiragana ちゅうけん, romaji chūken)
- main force, main body of troops
- backbone, core, key figure
- 1948, 豊島与志雄, 小さき花にも:
- いったいこれが、新時代の苦悩の代弁者と目される中堅作家の、本当の姿なのであろうか。
- Ittai kore ga, shinjidai no kunō no daibensha to mesareru chūken sakka no, hontō no sugata na no de arō ka.
- Could this person presenting himself before me actually be the central literary figure serving as the mouthpiece of the anguish of our new age?
- いったいこれが、新時代の苦悩の代弁者と目される中堅作家の、本当の姿なのであろうか。
- 1948, 豊島与志雄, 小さき花にも:
- (baseball) center field