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    3. 家臣

    家臣

    家か臣しん

    vassal

    KMT9News #26+1Noun, ParticleHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    かしん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    vassal, retainer

    Stroke 0 / 17

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    戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの武ぶ将しょうには多おおくの家か臣しんがいました。

    Warlords during the Sengoku period had many vassals.

    KMT7History
    忠ちゅう実じつな家か臣しんは、主しゅ君くんのために命いのちを捧ささげることも厭いとわなかった。

    Loyal vassals were not reluctant to sacrifice their lives for their lord.

    KMT9HistoryEmotions & Psychology
    織お田だ信のぶ長ながは、有ゆう能のうな家か臣しんを積せっ極きょく的てきに登とう用ようし、天てん下か統とう一いつの礎いしずえを築きずいた。

    Oda Nobunaga actively appointed capable vassals and laid the foundation for unifying the country.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    江え戸ど時じ代だいには、各かく藩はんの家か臣しん団だんがその地ち域いきの政せい治じと経けい済ざいを支ささえました。

    In the Edo period, the vassal groups of each domain supported the politics and economy of their region.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    家か臣しんの俸ほう禄ろくは、その功こう績せきや身み分ぶんによって異ことなり、生せい活かつ水すい準じゅんに大 きな差さがありました。

    The stipends of vassals varied depending on their achievements and status, leading to significant differences in living standards.

    KMT9HistoryBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    家
    いえ・や・うち…(7)
    house・home・family・professional・expert…(1)
    臣
    retainer・subject
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