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えど
江戸
つう
じて
にほん
日本
ひょうりゅう
漂流
たみ
それ
じたい
自体
せいじてき
政治的
そんざい
存在
だった
Throughout the Edo period, Japan's drifters were a political entity in their own right.
Source: 日本人の「翻訳」 亀井秀雄, translation by Bunsuke)
Readings
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にほんじん
日本人
の「
ほんやく
翻訳
」  #195 - Edo's drifters. by
かめいひでお
亀井秀雄
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Words
0
noun
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Edo period (also known as Tokugawa period, from 1603 to 1868); Yedo  (historical term)
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1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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0
1. through; via
2. throughout; all through; all over
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2
noun
Japan
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0
drifting; drift; being adrift
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1
noun
nation; people
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1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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1 0
noun (suffix), noun
1. itself
noun
2. one's own body; oneself
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0
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0
existence; being
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
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コウ   え stream, creek   
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コ   と door   
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キ   ゴ    period of time   
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ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   book   もと origin   
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ヒョウ   ただよ to drift about, float   
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ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   なが to pour out, to flush    
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ミン   たみ people   
ジ   シ   みずか self   
タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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ジ   チ   おさめる to govern   おさまる to be at peace   なお to get better   なお to cure   
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テキ   まと target   
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ソン   ゾン    suppose   
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ザイ   あ to exist   
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