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    3. 大和

    大和

    大やま和と

    (ancient) Japan

    KMT3News #5+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab11 strokes

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    やまと

    Noun

    1.
    (ancient) Japan, Yamato kingdom, state of Yamato
    historical term
    2.
    Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
    historical term

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    大やま和とがは日に本ほんの古ふるい名な前まえです。

    Yamato is an old name for Japan.

    KMT2HistoryCulture & Traditions
    大やま和と時じだ代いは日に本ほんの歴れき史しの重じゅう要ような時じ期きです。

    The Yamato period is an important era in Japanese history.

    KMT3HistoryCulture & Traditions
    大や和まと絵えは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな絵かい画が様よう式しきの一ひとつです。

    Yamato-e is one of Japan's traditional painting styles.

    KMT4Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    大やま和とちょ朝う廷ていは、古こ代だい日に本ほんの統とう一いつ国こっ家か形けい成せいに大 きな役いやく割わりを果はたしました。

    The Yamato court played a significant role in the formation of a unified state in ancient Japan.

    KMT5HistoryPolitics & Law
    大やま和と言こと葉ばは、漢かん字じが伝つたわる以い前ぜんから使つかわれていた日に本ほん語ごの固こ有ゆうの言こと葉ばです。

    Yamato kotoba are indigenous Japanese words used before the introduction of Kanji.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    和
    やわ.らぐ・やわ.らげる・なご.む・なご.やか・あ.える…(20)
    harmony・Japanese style・peace・soften・Japan
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