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    3. 神風

    神風

    神かみ風かぜ

    divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

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    かみかぜしんぷうかむかぜ

    Noun

    1.
    divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
    2.
    kamikaze

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    昔むかし、日に本ほんを救すくった神かみ風かぜがあった。

    Long ago, there was a divine wind that saved Japan.

    KMT7History
    元げん寇こうの際さいに吹ふいた神かみ風かぜは、日に本ほんをモンゴル軍ぐんの侵しん攻こうから守まもったとされている。

    The divine wind that blew during the Mongol invasions is said to have protected Japan from the Mongol army's invasion.

    KMT9History
    第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん中ちゅうの神かみ風かぜ特とっ攻こう隊たいは、悲ひ劇げき的てきな歴れき史しの一いち部ぶとして語かたり継つがれている。

    The Kamikaze Special Attack Units during World War II are remembered as part of a tragic history.

    KMT9HistoryMilitary
    鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいに日に本ほんを襲おそったモンゴル軍ぐんは、二に度どにわたる神かみ風かぜによって撤てっ退たいを余よ儀ぎなくされた。

    The Mongol forces that attacked Japan during the Kamakura period were forced to retreat by two divine winds.

    KMT9History
    神かみ風かぜという言こと葉ばは、絶ぜっ体たい絶ぜつ命めいの状じょう況きょうを救すくう奇き跡せき的てきな出で来き事ごとを指さすこともある。

    The word "Kamikaze" can also refer to a miraculous event that saves a desperate situation.

    KMT9HistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    神
    かみ・かん-・こう-…(11)
    gods・mind・soul
    風
    かぜ・かざ-…(4)
    wind・air・style・manner
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