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    3. 軍配

    軍配

    軍ぐん配ばい

    gourd-shaped war fan

    KMT7News #17+1Sports & Martial ArtsMilitaryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    ぐんばい

    Noun

    1.
    gourd-shaped war fan
    abbreviationmilitary
    2.
    referee's fan
    abbreviationsumo

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    3.
    stratagem, tactics

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    相すも撲うの行ぎょう司じは軍ぐん配ばいを持もっています。

    A sumo referee holds a gunbai (referee's fan).

    KMT4Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    審しん判ぱんの軍ぐん配ばいは、青あおい力りき士しに上あがった。

    The referee's decision (fan) was raised for the blue wrestler.

    KMT7Sports & Martial Arts
    最さい終しゅう的てきな軍ぐん配ばいは、社しゃ長ちょうの判はん断だんに委ゆだねられた。

    The final decision was entrusted to the president's judgment.

    KMT8Business & Finance
    観かん客きゃくは行ぎょう司じの軍ぐん配ばいがどちらに上あがるか固かた唾ずを飲のんで見み守まもった。

    The spectators watched with bated breath to see which side the referee's fan would be raised for.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの武ぶ将しょうは、戦せん場じょうで軍ぐん配ばいを振ふって指し揮きを執とった。

    Warlords of the Sengoku period wielded war fans on the battlefield to command.

    KMT8MilitaryHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    軍
    いくさ…(1)
    army・force・troops・war・battle
    配
    くば.る…(1)
    distribute・spouse・exile・rationing
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