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    3. 平家物語

    平家物語

    平へい家けも物のが語たり

    The Tale of the Heike

    KMT9News #30+1NounHistoryLiteratureKanji Vocab37 strokes

    へいけものがたり

    Noun

    1.
    The Tale of the Heike, Heike Monogatari

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    平へい家けも物のが語たりは日に本ほんの古こ典てん文ぶん学がくです。

    The Tale of the Heike is a classic Japanese literary work.

    KMT7LiteratureHistory
    平へい家けも物のが語たりは琵び琶わ法ほう師しによって語かたり継つがれてきました。

    The Tale of the Heike has been handed down through generations by biwa hōshi (lute priests).

    KMT9LiteratureHistoryCulture & Traditions
    平へい家けも物のが語たりは、源げん平ぺい合がっ戦せんの壮そう大だいな叙じょ事じ詩しとして知しられています。

    The Tale of the Heike is known as a grand epic of the Genpei War.

    KMT9LiteratureHistory
    平へい家けも物のが語たりを読よむと、当とう時じの武ぶ士しの生いき様ざまがよく分わかります。

    Reading The Tale of the Heike helps one understand the way of life of samurai at that time.

    KMT9LiteratureHistory
    平へい家けも物のが語たりには、無む常じょう観かんという日に本ほんの美び意い識しきが色いろ濃こく反はん映えいされています。

    The Tale of the Heike strongly reflects the Japanese aesthetic of mujōkan (sense of the transience of things).

    KMT10LiteratureCulture & Traditionsphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    平
    たい.ら・たい.らげる・ひら…(10)
    even・flat・peace
    家
    いえ・や・うち…(7)
    house・home・family・professional・expert…(1)
    物
    もの・もの-…(2)
    thing・object・matter
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
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