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    3. 源氏

    源氏

    源げん氏じ

    Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)

    KMT6News #13+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    げんじ

    Noun

    1.
    Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
    2.
    the Minamoto family

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    源げん氏じも物のが語たりは日に本ほんの古こ典てんです。

    The Tale of Genji is a Japanese classic.

    KMT5LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    源げん氏じと平へい氏しが戦たたかった時じ代だいがありました。

    There was an era when the Minamoto (Genji) and Taira (Heishi) clans fought.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    源げん氏じの武ぶ士したちは、鎌かま倉くら幕ばく府ふの成せい立りつに大おおきく貢こう献けんしました。

    The samurai of the Minamoto clan greatly contributed to the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law
    源げん氏じも物のが語たりは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞく社しゃ会かいの様よう子すを詳しょう細さいに描えがいています。

    The Tale of Genji vividly depicts the aristocratic society of the Heian period in detail.

    KMT8LiteratureHistoryCulture & Traditions
    紫むらさき式しき部ぶによって書かかれた源げん氏じも物のが語たりは、世せ界かい最さい古この長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつの一ひとつとされています。

    The Tale of Genji, written by Murasaki Shikibu, is considered one of the world's oldest full-length novels.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsLiteratureHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    源
    みなもと…(4)
    source・origin
    氏
    うじ・-うじ…(1)
    family name・surname・clan
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