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    3. 辞世

    辞世

    辞じ世せい

    passing away

    KMT10News #43+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    じせい

    Noun

    1.
    passing away, death
    2.
    dying words, death poem (poem written during one's final moments)

    Stroke 0 / 18

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    彼かれは辞じ世せいの句くを残のこした。

    He left a death poem.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    武ぶ士しは辞じ世せいの歌うたを詠よむ習しゅう慣かんがあった。

    Samurai had a custom of composing death poems.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    彼かれはじせいの辞ことばは世おおくの言ひと葉びとは、多ふかくの人かん々どうに深あたい感 動 を与 えた。

    His dying words deeply moved many people.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほんの歴れき史し上じょうの人じん物ぶつには、辞じ世せいの句くが数かず多おおく伝つたえられている。

    Many death poems of historical figures in Japan have been passed down.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    辞じ世せいの句くは、その人ひとの人じん生せい観かんや哲てつ学がくを凝ぎょう縮しゅくしたものだ。

    A death poem is a condensed expression of a person's view on life and philosophy.

    KMT10LiteratureReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    辞
    や.める・いな.む…(1)
    resign・word・term・expression
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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