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    3. 掛け軸

    掛け軸

    掛かけ​軸じく

    hanging scroll

    KMT10News #30+1CoreRef L2NounCulture & TraditionsArt & DesignKanji Vocab26 strokes

    掛軸

    かけじく

    Noun

    1.
    hanging scroll

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    床とこの間まに美うつくしい掛かけ軸じくが飾かざってある。

    A beautiful hanging scroll is displayed in the tokonoma.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    この掛かけ軸じくは江え戸ど時じ代だいのものだそうです。

    I hear this hanging scroll is from the Edo period.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignHistory
    季き節せつごとに掛かけ軸じくを替かえるのは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな習しゅう慣かんです。

    Changing hanging scrolls with the seasons is a traditional Japanese custom.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    茶ちゃ室しつには、禅ぜんの教おしえを表あらわす掛かけ軸じくがよく見みられます。

    In tea rooms, hanging scrolls expressing Zen teachings are often seen.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignReligion & Philosophy
    彼かれは古ふるい掛かけ軸じくの修しゅう復ふくを専せん門もんとしている。

    He specializes in the restoration of old hanging scrolls.

    KMT9Art & DesignCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    掛
    か.ける・-か.ける・か.け・-か.け・-が.け・か.かる…(9)
    hang・suspend・depend・arrive at・tax…(1)
    Kanji
    軸
    axis・pivot・stem・stalk・counter for book scrolls
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
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