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えどじだい
江戸時代
には
おおさか
大坂
が
しょうぎょう
商業
の
ちゅうすう
中枢
であった。
During the Edo era, Osaka was the center of commerce.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
え ど じ だ い 3
noun
Edo period (1603-1868 CE)
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: に, は)
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お お さ か 0
Most common form: 大阪
noun
1. Osaka  (this meaning is restricted to reading おおさか)
2. large hill  (archaic)
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し ょ う ぎ ょ う 1
commerce; trade; business
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ち ゅ う す う 0
centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man
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で あ う 2
Most common form: 出会う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon  (出遭う usu. has a negative connotation)
2. to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.)  (esp. 出合う)
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Kanji
江
コウ   え stream, creek   
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工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
氵
スイ   みず water   
戸
コ   と door   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
尸
corpse
時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
代
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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弋
shoot
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
坂
ハン   さか slope   
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反
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そる to be warped, curved   
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又
また again   
厂
cliff
商
ショウ   trader   あきなう to trade, deal in   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
冏
bright   
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
業
ギョウ   ゴウ    profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act   
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业
almost lined up
䒑
grass   
未
ミ    not yet   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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丨
stick   
枢
スウ    hinge   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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区
ク    ward   
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㐅
crossed swords
匚
side open box
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