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巨人

きょじん

N2giant · great figure

Examples

絵本の巨人は雲より高い城に住んでいる。

その架空の作曲家は音楽界の巨人として描かれる。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 巨人 is read as きょじん and can mean “giant” or “great figure”, depending on context.
  • Basic usage: The examples show a storybook giant and a towering figure in music.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Distinguishing senses and uses
    • It literally means a being of enormous size and figuratively a person of towering achievement in a field.

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