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    3. 難波

    難波

    難なに波わ

    Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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    浪花浪速浪華

    なにわ

    Noun

    1.
    Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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    難なに波わは昔むかしの大おお阪さかの呼よび名なだ。

    Naniwa is an old name for Osaka.

    KMT7HistoryTravel & Transportation
    古こ代だい、難なに波わは日に本ほんの重じゅう要ような港みなととして栄さかえた。

    In ancient times, Naniwa prospered as an important port of Japan.

    KMT9HistoryTravel & TransportationCulture & Traditions
    難なに波わの宮みやは、飛あす鳥か時じ代だいから奈な良ら時じ代だいにかけて日に本ほんの首しゅ都とが置おかれた場ば所しょである。

    Naniwa Palace was the site where the capital of Japan was located from the Asuka period to the Nara period.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    万まん葉よう集しゅうには、難なに波わの情じょう景けいを詠よんだ歌うたが数かず多おおく残のこされている。

    Many poems depicting the scenery of Naniwa remain in the Manyoshu.

    KMT9HistoryLiteratureCulture & Traditions
    現げん在ざいの大おお阪さかには、難なに波わという地ち名めいが駅えき名めいや繁はん華か街がいの名な前まえとして残のこっている。

    In present-day Osaka, the place name Naniwa remains as a station name and the name of a downtown area.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationHistoryDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    難
    かた.い・-がた.い・むずか.しい・むづか.しい・むつか.しい・-にく.い…(3)
    difficult・impossible・trouble・accident・defect
    波
    なみ…(5)
    waves・billows・Poland
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