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    3. ユーカラ

    ユーカラ

    ユーカラ

    yukar (Ainu oral saga)

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    ユーカラユカラ

    Noun

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    yukar (Ainu oral saga)

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    アイヌ民みん族ぞくにはユーカラという口こう承しょう叙じょ事じ詩しがあります。

    The Ainu people have an oral epic called Yukar.

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    ユーカラは、神かみ々がみや英えい雄ゆうの物ものが語たりを歌うたい継つぐものです。

    Yukar are sung narratives of gods and heroes.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    ユーカラは、アイヌ語ごの豊ゆたかな表ひょう現げん力りょくとリズムが特とく徴ちょうです。

    Yukar are characterized by the rich expressiveness and rhythm of the Ainu language.

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    かつては、夜よな夜よな炉ろ端ばたでユーカラが語かたり継つがれていました。

    In the past, Yukar were recited night after night by the hearth.

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    アイヌ文ぶん化かの理り解かいを深ふかめる上うえで、ユーカラの研けん究きゅうは欠かかせません。

    The study of Yukar is indispensable for deepening the understanding of Ainu culture.

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    Kana that make up this word

    ユ
    yu
    ー
    long vowel
    カ
    ka
    ラ
    ra
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