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    3. 天下

    天下

    天てん下か

    the whole world

    KMT6News #12+1CoreHistoryKanji Vocab7 strokes

    てんかてんがてんげ

    Noun

    1.
    the whole world
    2.
    the whole country
    3.
    society, the public
    4.
    supremacy over a nation, government of a country, the ruling power
    5.
    having one's own way, doing as one pleases

    Particle

    6.
    peerless, incomparable, superlative, world-famous

    Noun

    7.
    shogun (Edo period)
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    織お田だ信のぶ長ながは天てん下か統とう一いつを目め指ざした。

    Oda Nobunaga aimed for the unification of the country.

    KMT6History
    天てん下か泰たい平へいの世よを願ねがう。

    I wish for a world of peace.

    KMT6HistoryCore Concepts
    彼かれは天てん下かを取とったかのように振ふる舞まっている。

    He is acting as if he has conquered the world (or is ruling the country).

    KMT7HistoryEmotions & Psychology
    徳とく川がわ家いえ康やすは江え戸ど幕ばく府ふを開ひらき、天てん下かを治おさめた。

    Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Edo Shogunate and ruled the country.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law
    その剣けん士しは天てん下か無む双そうの腕うで前まえを持もっていた。

    That swordsman possessed peerless skill.

    KMT8HistorySports & Martial Arts

    Kanji that make up this word

    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
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