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    3. 参勤交代

    参勤交代

    参さん勤きん交こう代たい

    daimyo's alternating Edo residence

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab31 strokes

    参覲交代参勤交替

    さんきんこうたい

    Noun

    1.
    daimyo's alternating Edo residence, official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
    historical term

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    Kanji that make up this word

    参
    まい.る・まい-・まじわる・みつ…(3)
    nonplussed・three (in documents)・going・coming・visiting…(6)
    勤
    つと.める・-づと.め・つと.まる・いそ.しむ…(2)
    diligence・become employed・serve
    交
    まじ.わる・まじ.える・ま.じる・まじ.る・ま.ざる・ま.ぜる…(6)
    mingle・mixing・association・coming & going
    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
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