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    竜

    竜りゅう

    dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)

    KMT5News #4+1NounAnime & MangaKanji Vocab10 strokes

    龍

    りゅうたつりょう

    Noun

    1.
    dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)
    2.
    naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
    3.
    promoted rook
    abbreviationshogi

    Stroke 0 / 10

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    竜りゅうは伝でん説せつの生いき物ものです。

    A dragon is a legendary creature.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    東とう洋ようの竜りゅうは力ちからと知ち恵えの象しょう徴ちょうです。

    Eastern dragons are symbols of power and wisdom.

    KMT5Culture & Traditions
    アニメにはよく空そらを飛とぶ竜りゅうが登とう場じょうします。

    Dragons that fly in the sky often appear in anime.

    KMT5Anime & Manga
    その物ものが語たりでは、主しゅ人じん公こうが巨きょ大だいな竜りゅうと戦たたかいました。

    In that story, the protagonist fought a giant dragon.

    KMT6Literature
    将しょう棋ぎで飛ひ車しゃが成なると「竜りゅう」になります。

    In shogi, when a rook promotes it becomes a 'dragon'.

    KMT6Games

    Kanji that make up this word

    竜
    たつ・いせ…(4)
    dragon・imperial
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