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    3. 側室

    側室

    側そく室しつ

    concubine (of a noble)

    KMT9News #33+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    そくしつ

    Noun

    1.
    concubine (of a noble)

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    歴れき史し上じょう、多おおくの権けん力りょく者しゃが側そく室しつを持もっていました。

    Historically, many powerful figures had concubines.

    KMT7History
    彼かれの側そく室しつは、正せい室しつとは異ことなる役やく割わりを担になっていました。

    His concubine played a different role from his legal wife.

    KMT9History
    江え戸ど時じ代だいには、将しょう軍ぐんの側そく室しつが政せい治じに影えい響きょうを与あたえることもありました。

    In the Edo period, the Shogun's concubines sometimes influenced politics.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    側そく室しつの子こ供どもが、後のちに藩はん主しゅとなるケースも少すくなくありませんでした。

    It was not uncommon for a concubine's child to later become a feudal lord.

    KMT9History
    側そく室しつ制せい度どは、家か系けいの存そん続ぞくと政せい治じ的てき同どう盟めいの維い持じに重じゅう要ような意い味みを持もっていました。

    The concubine system held significant meaning for the continuation of family lines and the maintenance of political alliances.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    側
    かわ・がわ・そば…(1)
    side・lean・oppose・regret
    室
    むろ…(1)
    room・apartment・chamber・greenhouse・cellar
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