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    3. 天明

    天明

    天てん明めい

    dawn

    KMT9News #31+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab12 strokes

    てんめい

    Noun

    1.
    dawn, daybreak
    2.
    Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
    historical term

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    天てん明めい、鳥とりが鳴なくき始はじめた。

    At dawn, birds began to sing.

    KMT7Daily LifeNature & Environment
    天てん明めいの大だい飢き饉きんは、江え戸ど時じ代だい後こう期きに日に本ほんを襲おそった大だい規き模ぼな飢き饉きんです。

    The Great Tenmei Famine was a large-scale famine that struck Japan in the late Edo period.

    KMT9HistoryNature & Environment
    天てん明めいの空そらには、まだ星ほしが瞬またたいていた。

    In the dawn sky, stars were still twinkling.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentLiterature
    天てん明めい年ねん間かんには、多おおくの文ぶん化か的てきな発はっ展てんが見みられました。

    During the Tenmei era, many cultural developments were observed.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    天てん明めいの打うちこわしは、飢き饉きんによる社しゃ会かい不ふ安あんの表あらわれでした。

    The Tenmei Uchi-kowashi (riots) were a manifestation of social unrest caused by the famine.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
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