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    3. 由来

    由来

    由ゆ来らい

    origin

    KMT6News #15+1CoreHistoryKanji Vocab12 strokes

    ゆらい

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    origin, source, history, derivation

    Adverb

    2.
    originally, from the start, by nature

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    この地ち名めいの由ゆ来らいは何なんですか。

    What is the origin of this place name?

    KMT4HistoryCore Concepts
    その言こと葉ばの由ゆ来らいを調しらべてみた。

    I tried to look up the origin of that word.

    KMT6HistoryEducation
    彼かれの名みょう字じの由ゆ来らいは、先せん祖ぞが住すんでいた場ば所しょだと言いわれている。

    It is said that the origin of his surname is the place where his ancestors lived.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsHistoryFamily & Relationships
    この神じん社じゃの由ゆ来らいは古ふるく、多おおくの伝でん説せつが残のこされています。

    The origin of this shrine is ancient, and many legends remain.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきなお祭まつりの多 くは、その土と地ちの歴れき史しに由ゆ来らいしています。

    Many traditional Japanese festivals originate from the history of that region.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    由
    よし・よ.る…(3)
    wherefore・a reason
    来
    く.る・きた.る・きた.す・き.たす・き.たる・き…(7)
    come・due・next・cause・become
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