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    源平

    源げん平ぺい

    Genji and Heike clans

    KMT10News #38+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab18 strokes

    げんぺい

    Noun

    1.
    Genji and Heike clans, two opposing sides

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    源げん平ぺいの戦たたかいは日に本ほんの歴れき史しの一いち部ぶです。

    The Genpei War is a part of Japanese history.

    KMT6History
    源げん平ぺいの争あらそいは、武ぶ士しの時じ代だいを到とう来らいさせました。

    The Genpei conflict ushered in the age of the samurai.

    KMT10History
    源げん平ぺいの合かっ戦せんは、日に本ほんの政せい治じ体たい制せいに大 きな変おおきな革へんかくをもたらした。

    The Genpei War brought about significant reforms to Japan's political system.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    源げん平ぺいも物のが語たりは、平へい家けと源げん氏じの壮そう絶ぜつな戦たたかいを描えがいた軍ぐん記きも物のが語たりです。

    The Tale of the Heike is a war chronicle depicting the fierce battles between the Heike and Genji clans.

    KMT10HistoryLiterature
    壇だんノ浦うらの戦たたかいで源げん平ぺいの争あらそいは終しゅう結けつし、鎌かま倉くら幕ばく府ふが成せい立りつしました。

    The Genpei conflict ended with the Battle of Dan-no-ura, leading to the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    源
    みなもと…(4)
    source・origin
    平
    たい.ら・たい.らげる・ひら…(10)
    even・flat・peace
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