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    3. 中世

    中世

    中ちゅう世せい

    Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

    N2KMT5News #10+1CoreNounHistoryKanji Vocab9 strokes

    ちゅうせい

    Noun

    1.
    Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods), medieval times, mediaeval times
    historical term

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    中ちゅう世せいのヨーロッパは暗くらい時じ代だいでした。

    Medieval Europe was a dark age.

    KMT4History
    中ちゅう世せいの城しろはとても頑がん丈じょうに作つくられています。

    Medieval castles are built very sturdily.

    KMT5HistoryArt & Design
    中ちゅう世せいの騎きし士もの物が語たりは、今いまでも多おおくの人ひと々びとに読よまれています。

    Medieval knight tales are still read by many people today.

    KMT5HistoryLiteratureArt & Design
    日に本ほんの中ちゅう世せいは鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいから室むろ町まち時じ代だいを指さします。

    Japan's Middle Ages refers to the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    中ちゅう世せいの社しゃ会かい構こう造ぞうは、現げん代だいとは大おおきく異ことなっていました。

    Medieval social structures were vastly different from modern ones.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    中
    なか・うち・あた.る…(3)
    in・inside・middle・mean・center
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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