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    3. 後宮

    後宮

    後こう宮きゅう

    inner palace (reserved for women)

    KMT10News #40+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    こうきゅう

    Noun

    1.
    inner palace (reserved for women), harem, seraglio
    2.
    consort of the emperor

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    後こう宮きゅうは女じょ性せいたちが住すむ場ば所しょだった。

    The inner palace was a place where women lived.

    KMT8History
    皇こう帝ていの後こう宮きゅうには多おおくの妃きさきがいた。

    There were many consorts in the emperor's inner palace.

    KMT10History
    後こう宮きゅうでの権けん力りょく争あらそいは、しばしば国くにの運うん命めいを左さ右ゆうした。

    Power struggles in the inner palace often influenced the fate of the nation.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    中ちゅう国ごくの歴れき史しドラマでは、後こう宮きゅうの陰いん謀ぼうがよく描えがかれる。

    In Chinese historical dramas, the intrigues of the inner palace are often depicted.

    KMT10HistoryMusic & Entertainment
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには、後こう宮きゅうの生せい活かつを描えがいた作さく品ひんが多おおい。

    There are many works in classical literature that depict life in the inner palace.

    KMT10LiteratureHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    宮
    みや…(6)
    Shinto shrine・constellations・palace・princess
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