JLPT N1Kanji compounds
趨勢
Readingすうせいsuusei
- Meaning
- 物事が向かう全体的な傾向や流れ
- Explanation
- "趨勢 (すうせい)" is a word expressing the overall tendency or course in which things are heading, used as in "時代の趨勢." "前触れ" in c1 refers to an omen or sign, a different concept; the difference is that 趨勢 means the large flow itself that is currently in progress.
- Examples
- 時代の趨勢
Original Japanese explanation
「趨勢（すうせい）」は物事が向かっていく全体的な傾向や成り行きを表す語で、「時代の趨勢」のように使う。c1の「前触れ」は予兆や兆候を指す別概念で、趨勢は今まさに進行している大きな流れそのものを意味する点が異なる。
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