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    3. 古文書

    古文書

    古こ文もん書じょ

    historical document

    KMT7News #19+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    こもんじょこぶんしょ

    Noun

    1.
    historical document, archives, old manuscript, paleograph
    2.
    pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    これは古ふるい古こ文もん書じょです。

    This is an old historical document.

    KMT4History
    図と書しょ館かんで貴 重 な古こ文もん書じょが発はっ見けんされた。

    A valuable historical document was discovered in the library.

    KMT7HistoryEducation
    歴れき史し学がく者しゃは、古こ文もん書じょを解かい読どくして過か去この出で来き事ごとを研けん究きゅうしている。

    Historians are deciphering old documents to research past events.

    KMT8HistoryEducation
    その古こ文もん書じょには、江え戸ど時じ代だいの生せい活かつに関かんする詳しょう細さいな記き述じゅつがあった。

    That historical document contained detailed descriptions of life in the Edo period.

    KMT8HistoryCulture & Traditions
    古こ文もん書じょの保ほ存ぞんは、文ぶん化か遺い産さんを守まもる上うえで非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ようだ。

    The preservation of old documents is extremely important for protecting cultural heritage.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    古
    ふる.い・ふる-・-ふる.す…(2)
    old
    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
    書
    か.く・-が.き・-がき…(2)
    write
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