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    3. 発祥

    発祥

    発はっ祥しょう

    origin

    KMT8News #17+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveHistoryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    はっしょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    origin
    2.
    appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor
    archaic
    3.
    birth of an emperor or his ancestors
    archaic

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    この料りょう理りはイタリア発はっ祥しょうです。

    This dish originated in Italy.

    KMT6Food & DiningHistory
    その技ぎ術じゅつは日に本ほんで発 祥 した。

    That technology originated in Japan.

    KMT8TechnologyHistory
    多おおくの文ぶん化かが、特とく定ていの地ち域いきを発はっ祥しょうの地ちとしている。

    Many cultures have specific regions as their place of origin.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎの発はっ祥しょうは古こ代だいギリシャに遡さかのぼると言いわれている。

    The origin of democracy is said to date back to ancient Greece.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    茶さ道どうの発はっ祥しょうには諸しょ説せつあるが、中ちゅう国ごくから伝つたわったのが有ゆう力りょくだ。

    There are various theories about the origin of the tea ceremony, but it is most likely that it was introduced from China.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    発
    た.つ・あば.く・おこ.る・つか.わす・はな.つ…(4)
    departure・discharge・publish・emit・start from…(2)
    祥
    さいわ.い・きざ.し・よ.い・つまび.らか…(15)
    auspicious・happiness・blessedness・good omen・good fortune
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