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えど
江戸
き
期
を
つう
通
じて
、
にほん
日本
の
ひょうりゅう
漂流
たみ
民
は、それ
じたい
自体
が
せいじてき
政治的
な
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
え ど 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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き 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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つ う じ て 0
1. through; via
2. throughout; all through; all over
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に ほ ん 2
noun
Japan
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ひ ょ う り ゅ う 0
drifting; drift; being adrift
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た み 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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じ た い 1 じ た い 0
noun (suffix), noun
1. itself
noun
2. one's own body; oneself
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せ い じ て き 0
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そ ん ざ い 0
existence; being
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
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江
コウ   え stream, creek   
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戸
コ   と door   
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期
キ   ゴ    period of time   
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通
ツ   ツウ   とおる to pass through   とおす to let pass   かよう to commute   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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漂
ヒョウ   ただよう to drift about, float   
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流
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush    
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民
ミン   たみ people   
自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
体
タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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政
セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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治
ジ   チ   おさめる to govern   おさまる to be at peace   なおる to get better   なおす to cure   
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的
テキ   まと target   
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存
ソン   ゾン    suppose   
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在
ザイ   ある to exist   
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