段落

だんらく
end
conclusion
paragraph

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だんらく【段落】

*paragraph

〖C〗(文章の)段落， パラグラフ

the force of a paragraph 段落の真意.

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だんらく【段落】

1 〔長い文章の一区切り〕 a paragraph.

●次の段落 the next paragraph

・息の段落 【音声】 a breath group.

●文章を段落ごとに理解していく読み方 paragraph reading; the technique of understanding each paragraph while reading a written work.

●演説の草稿をいくつかの段落に分ける[区切る] divide [break] the draft for a speech into paragraphs.

●君の作文はもっと段落を設けるといい. It'd be good to divide your composition into more paragraphs.

2 〔(物事の)区切り〕 a conclusion; a stop; a stopping place; an end.

●段落を付ける bring 《a matter》 to a conclusion.

一段落 ⇒いちだんらく.