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    3. 遺書

    遺書

    遺い書しょ

    note left by a dead person

    KMT7News #15+1NounLiteratureFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab25 strokes

    いしょ

    Noun

    1.
    note left by a dead person, suicide note, testamentary letter, will, testament
    2.
    posthumous work

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    彼かれは遺い書しょを残のこして亡なくなった。

    He passed away, leaving a will.

    KMT5Family & Relationships
    彼かれの遺い書しょには、家か族ぞくへの感かん謝しゃの言こと葉ばが綴つづられていた。

    His will contained words of gratitude to his family.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    遺い書しょは、残のこされた家か族ぞくが故こ人じんの意い思しを知しるための大たい切せつな手てがかりとなる。

    A will becomes an important clue for the remaining family to know the deceased's wishes.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    その作さっ家かの未 発 表 の遺い書しょが、彼かれの死し後ごに出しゅっ版ぱんされた。

    The unpublished posthumous work of that author was published after his death.

    KMT8Literature
    歴れき史し上じょうの人じん物ぶつの遺い書しょは、当とう時じの社しゃ会かいや思し想そうを理り解かいする上うえで貴き重ちょうな資し料りょうだ。

    The testamentary letters of historical figures are valuable resources for understanding the society and thought of their time.

    KMT8LiteratureHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    遺
    のこ.す…(2)
    bequeath・leave behind・reserve
    書
    か.く・-が.き・-がき…(2)
    write
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