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とくがわばくふ
徳川幕府
さこく
鎖国
れい
いていた
からである
This was because the Tokugawa shogunate had imposed an order of national isolation.
Source: 日本人の「翻訳」 亀井秀雄, translation by Bunsuke)
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
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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Conjugations and inflections
Words
5
noun
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
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0
national isolation; exclusion of foreigners  (see also: 開国)
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1
noun, noun (suffix)
command; order; dictation
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0
Most common form: しく
1. to spread out; to lay out
2. to take a position
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
トク   benevolence
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
net
シン   こころ heart   
step
セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
バク   マク    curtain   
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キン   turban; cloth
バク   ボ   マク   モ    must not   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
grass   
フ    borough   
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フ   つける to put in place, affix   つ to adhere to   
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スン   inch
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
广
stony cliff
サ   くさり a chain   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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dot   
box, enclosure   
レイ    order   
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assembly, gathering   
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seal
フ   ぬの cloth   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
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