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    3. 女官

    女官

    女じょ官かん

    court lady

    KMT9News #31+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab11 strokes

    じょかんにょかんにょうかん

    Noun

    1.
    court lady, lady-in-waiting

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    彼かの女じょは宮きゅう廷ていの女じょ官かんとして働はたらいていた。

    She worked as a court lady in the palace.

    KMT7History
    平へい安あん時じ代だいの女じょ官かんは、文ぶん学がくや芸げい術じゅつに秀ひいでていた。

    Court ladies of the Heian period excelled in literature and arts.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    紫むらさき式しき部ぶは、一いち条じょう天てんの皇うの中ちゅう宮ぐう彰しょう子しに仕つかえた女じょ官かんであった。

    Murasaki Shikibu was a court lady who served Empress Shōshi, consort of Emperor Ichijō.

    KMT9HistoryLiterature
    女じょ官かんの装しょう束ぞくは、当とう時じの日に本ほんの美び意い識しきを反はん映えいしていた。

    The attire of court ladies reflected the Japanese aesthetic sense of that time.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistoryFashion & Beauty
    権けん力りょく闘とう争そうの渦うず中ちゅうにあった女じょ官かんたちの生せい活かつは、華はなやかさと厳びしさが入まじり混あじっていた。

    The lives of court ladies caught in the midst of power struggles were a mix of splendor and severity.

    KMT10HistoryEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
    官
    bureaucrat・the government・organ
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