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    3. 古今

    古今

    古こ今こん

    ancient and modern times

    KMT6News #16+1Noun, ParticleHistoryKanji Vocab9 strokes

    ここんこきん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    ancient and modern times, all ages, past and present

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    古こ今こんの人ひと々びとがこの場ば所しょを訪おとずれた。

    People from ancient and modern times have visited this place.

    KMT5HistoryCulture & Traditions
    古こ今こんを通つうじて愛あいされる作さく品ひんだ。

    It is a work loved throughout all ages.

    KMT6HistoryArt & Design
    古こ今こんの歴れき史し家かがこの出で来き事ごとを分ぶん析せきしてきた。

    Historians from ancient and modern times have analyzed this event.

    KMT7History
    古こ今こんにわたる文ぶん化かの変へん遷せんを研けん究きゅうする。

    To research the transitions of culture across all ages.

    KMT8HistoryCulture & Traditions
    古こ今きん和わ歌か集しゅうは日に本ほんの代だい表ひょう的てきな歌か集じゅうの一ひとつだ。

    The Kokin Wakashū is one of Japan's representative poetry anthologies.

    KMT8LiteratureHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    古
    ふる.い・ふる-・-ふる.す…(2)
    old
    今
    いま…(3)
    now
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