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    3. 重臣

    重臣

    重じゅう臣しん

    chief vassal

    KMT10News #45+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab16 strokes

    じゅうしん

    Noun

    1.
    chief vassal, senior statesman

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    その国くにの王おうには多おおくの重じゅう臣しんがいた。

    The king of that country had many senior statesmen.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law
    彼かれは藩はん主しゅの重じゅう臣しんとして、重じゅう要ような政せい策さく決けっ定ていに関かかわった。

    As a chief vassal of the feudal lord, he was involved in important policy decisions.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    幕ばく府ふの重じゅう臣しんたちは、国くにの未み来らいを左さ右ゆうする議ぎ論ろんを重かさねた。

    The senior statesmen of the shogunate held repeated discussions that would determine the future of the country.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの重じゅう臣しんは、武ぶ力りょくだけでなく知ち略りゃくも求もとめられた。

    Senior statesmen during the Sengoku period were required to possess not only military strength but also strategic wisdom.

    KMT10HistoryMilitary
    ある重じゅう臣しんの裏うら切ぎりが、その王おう朝ちょうの滅めつ亡ぼうを早はやめたと言いわれている。

    It is said that the betrayal of a certain senior statesman hastened the downfall of that dynasty.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    重
    え・おも.い・おも.り・おも.なう・かさ.ねる・かさ.なる…(6)
    heavy・important・esteem・respect・heap up…(3)
    臣
    retainer・subject
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