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    3. 国人

    国人

    国こく人じん

    indigenous person

    KMT4News #9+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab10 strokes

    こくじんくにびとこくにんくにうどくにゅうど

    Noun

    1.
    indigenous person, inhabitant of a country
    2.
    local, native
    3.
    local lords and samurai
    historical term
    4.
    daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
    historical term

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    彼かれはこの土と地ちの国こく人じんだ。

    He is a native of this land.

    KMT3HistoryDaily Life
    その村むらには昔むかしからの国こく人じんが多おおく住すんでいる。

    Many indigenous people have lived in that village since ancient times.

    KMT4HistoryCulture & Traditions
    彼かれはその国くにの国こく人じんとして、文ぶん化かの継けい承しょうに貢こう献けんしている。

    As an inhabitant of that country, he contributes to the preservation of its culture.

    KMT4HistoryCulture & Traditions
    戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、各かく地ちの国こく人じんが勢せい力りょくを拡かく大だいした。

    During the Sengoku period, local lords (kokujin) in various regions expanded their power.

    KMT5HistoryPolitics & Law
    国こく人じんは、鎌わか倉まく時らじ代だいから室むろ町まち時じ代だいにかけて地ち方ほうの有ゆう力りょく者しゃとして存そん在ざいした。

    Kokujin existed as powerful local figures from the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period.

    KMT5History

    Kanji that make up this word

    国
    くに…(3)
    country
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
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