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    3. 貝塚

    貝塚

    貝かい塚づか

    shell heap

    KMT10News #32+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    かいづかかいずか

    Noun

    1.
    shell heap, shell mound, kitchen midden

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    この地ち域いきには古ふるい貝かい塚づかがあります。

    There is an old shell mound in this area.

    KMT6HistoryNature & Environment
    縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの貝かい塚づかからは、当とう時じの人ひと々びとの生せい活かつがうかがえる。

    From the Jomon period shell mounds, one can glimpse the lives of people at that time.

    KMT8HistoryCulture & Traditions
    考こう古こ学がく者しゃは、貝かい塚づかの発はっ掘くつ調ちょう査さを通つうじて古こ代だいの食しょく文ぶん化かを研けん究きゅうしている。

    Archaeologists are researching ancient food culture through the excavation of shell mounds.

    KMT9HistoryScience & MathFood & Dining
    日に本ほん各かく地ちで発はっ見けんされる貝かい塚づかは、先せん史し時じ代だいの集しゅう落らくの痕こん跡せきを示しめしている。

    Shell mounds discovered throughout Japan indicate traces of prehistoric settlements.

    KMT10HistoryNature & Environment
    貝かい塚づかから出しゅつ土どした貝かい殻がらの種しゅ類るいを分ぶん析せきすることで、当とう時じの環かん境きょう変へん動どうがわかる。

    By analyzing the types of shells excavated from shell mounds, we can understand environmental changes of that period.

    KMT10Science & MathHistoryNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    貝
    かい…(1)
    shellfish
    塚
    つか・-づか…(3)
    hillock・mound
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