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    3. 遣唐使

    遣唐使

    遣けん唐とう使し

    envoy to Tang China

    KMT10News #38+1Ref L2NounHistoryKanji Vocab31 strokes

    けんとうし

    Noun

    1.
    envoy to Tang China
    historical term

    Stroke 0 / 31

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    遣けん唐とう使しは中ちゅう国ごくへ渡わたった。

    The envoys to Tang China traveled to China.

    KMT8HistoryTravel & Transportation
    遣けん唐とう使しの派は遣けんは、日に本ほんの文ぶん化かに大 きな影いん響きょうを与あたえた。

    The dispatch of envoys to Tang China had a significant impact on Japanese culture.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    遣けんとうし唐せんわとう使じのこうか船いぎじゅつでは、当ひじょ時うの航にき海けん技な術たびでは非 常 に危 険 な旅 であった。

    The ships of the envoys to Tang China undertook a very dangerous journey with the navigation technology of that time.

    KMT10HistoryTravel & TransportationTechnology
    遣けん唐とう使しによって、仏ぶっ教きょうや漢かん字じ、律りつ令りょう制せい度どなどが日に本ほんに伝 えられた。

    Buddhism, Kanji, and the Ritsuryo legal system, among others, were introduced to Japan by the envoys to Tang China.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    遣けん唐とう使しの持もち帰かえった文ぶん化かは、奈な良ら時じ代だいの貴き族ぞく社しゃ会かいに深ふかく浸しん透とうした。

    The culture brought back by the envoys to Tang China deeply permeated the aristocratic society of the Nara period.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    遣
    つか.う・-つか.い・-づか.い・つか.わす・や.る…(1)
    dispatch・despatch・send・give・donate…(2)
    唐
    から…(3)
    T'ang・China・foreign
    使
    つか.う・つか.い・-つか.い・-づか.い…(1)
    use・send on a mission・order・messenger・envoy…(2)
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