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    3. 国学

    国学

    国こく学がく

    study of classical Japanese literature and culture

    KMT6News #13+1NounCulture & TraditionsHistoryEducationKanji Vocab16 strokes

    こくがく

    Noun

    1.
    study of classical Japanese literature and culture
    2.
    provincial school (established under the ritsuryō system for educating children of district governors)
    historical term
    3.
    school (of a provincial capital during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
    historical term

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    国こく学がくは日に本ほんの古ふるい文ぶん化かを研けん究きゅうする学がく問もんです。

    Kokugaku is a field of study that researches old Japanese culture.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsEducation
    江え戸ど時じ代だいに国こく学がくが盛さかんになりました。

    Kokugaku flourished during the Edo period.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    本もと居おり宣のり長ながは国こく学がくの代だい表ひょう的てきな学がく者しゃの一ひと人りです。

    Motoori Norinaga is one of the representative scholars of Kokugaku.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは国こく学がくを通つうじて、日に本ほん独どく自じの精せい神しんを追つい求きゅうしました。

    Through Kokugaku, he pursued Japan's unique spirit.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsEducation
    国こく学がくの研けん究きゅうは、日に本ほんの古こ典てん文ぶん学がくや神しん道とう思し想そうの理り解かいを深ふかめる上うえで重じゅう要ようです。

    The study of Kokugaku is important for deepening one's understanding of classical Japanese literature and Shinto thought.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsEducationReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    国
    くに…(3)
    country
    学
    まな.ぶ…(3)
    study・learning・science
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