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    3. 前方後円墳

    前方後円墳

    前ぜん方ぽう後こう円えん墳ふん

    keyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus

    KMT9News #30+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab41 strokes

    ぜんぽうこうえんふん

    Noun

    1.
    keyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus
    archeology

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    前ぜん方ぽう後こう円えん墳ふんは日に本ほんの古ふるいお墓はかです。

    A kofun is an old Japanese tomb.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    空そらから見みると、前ぜん方ぽう後こう円えん墳ふんの独とくちょ特うてきな鍵かぎ穴あなの形かたちがよく分わかります。

    When viewed from the sky, the unique keyhole shape of the kofun is clearly visible.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    この地ち域いきには多おおくの前ぜん方ぽう後こう円えん墳ふんが残のこされています。

    Many keyhole-shaped tumuli remain in this region.

    KMT9HistoryNature & Environment
    考こう古こ学がく者しゃは前ぜん方ぽう後こう円えん墳ふんの発はっ掘くつ調ちょう査さを通つうじて、古こ墳ふん時じ代だいの生せい活かつ様よう式しきを研けん究きゅうしています。

    Archaeologists are studying the lifestyle of the Kofun period through excavation surveys of keyhole-shaped tumuli.

    KMT9HistoryScience & Math
    前ぜん方ぽう後こう円えん墳ふんの築ちく造ぞうは、古こ代だい日に本ほんの権けん力りょく構こう造ぞうを理り解かいする上うえで重じゅう要ような手てがかりとなります。

    The construction of keyhole-shaped tumuli provides an important clue for understanding the power structure of ancient Japan.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    円
    まる.い・まる・まど・まど.か・まろ.やか…(5)
    circle・yen・round
    墳
    tomb・mound
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