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    3. 逓信

    逓信

    逓てい信しん

    communications (e.g. post, telegraph)

    KMT8News #22+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    ていしん

    Noun

    1.
    communications (e.g. post, telegraph)
    historical term
    2.
    Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
    historical termabbreviation

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    昔むかしは逓てい信しんが重じゅう要ようだった。

    Communications were important in the past.

    KMT6History
    逓てい信しん技ぎ術じゅつの発はっ展てんは社しゃ会かいを大おおきく変かえた。

    The development of communication technology greatly changed society.

    KMT8HistoryTechnology
    昔むかしの逓てい信しん手しゅ段だんは、電でん報ぽうや郵ゆう便びんが主おもだった。

    Old communication methods primarily consisted of telegrams and mail.

    KMT8HistoryTechnology
    逓てい信しん省しょうは、現げん在ざいの日に本ほん郵ゆう政せいグループやNTTの源のげん流りゅうである。

    The Ministry of Communications and Transportation is the origin of the current Japan Post Group and NTT.

    KMT8HistoryBusiness & FinanceTechnology
    明めい治じ時じ代だいには、逓てい信しん省しょうが国くにの重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっていた。

    In the Meiji era, the Ministry of Communications and Transportation played a crucial role for the nation.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    逓
    かわ.る・たがいに…(1)
    relay・in turn・sending
    信
    faith・truth・fidelity・trust
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