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    3. 近世

    近世

    近きん世せい

    recent past

    KMT7News #18+1CoreNounHistoryKanji Vocab12 strokes

    きんせい

    Noun

    1.
    recent past, recent times
    2.
    early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
    historical term

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    日に本ほんの近きん世せいは、江え戸ど時じ代だいが中ちゅう心しんです。

    Japan's early modern period is centered on the Edo period.

    KMT6History
    近きん世せいの文ぶん化かは、現げん代だいの日に本ほんにも大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえている。

    Early modern culture has had a great influence on modern Japan as well.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    近きん世せいの武ぶ士し階かい級きゅうは、政せい治じだけでなく文ぶん化かの担にない手てでもあった。

    The samurai class in the early modern period was not only a political force but also a bearer of culture.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    近きん世せい文ぶん学がくには、庶しょ民みんの生せい活かつを描えがいた作さく品ひんが多おおく見みられる。

    Many works depicting the lives of common people can be seen in early modern literature.

    KMT7LiteratureHistory
    近きん世せいにおける社しゃ会かい構こう造ぞうの変へん化かは、その後ごの日に本ほんの発はっ展てんに不ふ可か欠けつだった。

    Changes in social structure during the early modern period were indispensable for Japan's subsequent development.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    近
    ちか.い…(5)
    near・early・akin・tantamount
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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