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    3. 神代

    神代

    神かみ代よ

    ancient time

    KMT9News #32+1NounHistoryReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    神世

    かみよじんだいしんだい

    Noun

    1.
    ancient time, age of the gods, mythological age
    2.
    time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu
    Japanese mythology

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    これは神かみ代よの物ものが語たりです。

    This is a story from the age of the gods.

    KMT7HistoryReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんには神かみ代よからの神しん話わが数かず多おおく伝つたわっている。

    Many myths from the age of the gods have been passed down in Japan.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    神かみ代よの昔むかしから、この地ちには聖せいなる泉いずみがあったとされている。

    It is said that a sacred spring has existed in this land since ancient times, the age of the gods.

    KMT9HistoryReligion & Philosophy
    古こ事じ記きには神かみ代よの出で来き事ごとが詳しょう細さいに記しるされている。

    The Kojiki records the events of the age of the gods in detail.

    KMT9HistoryLiterature
    神かみ代よの神かみ々がみは、日に本ほんの自し然ぜんと深ふかく結むすびついている。

    The gods of the mythological age are deeply connected to Japan's nature.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    神
    かみ・かん-・こう-…(11)
    gods・mind・soul
    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
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