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    historical term Ministry of Finance (1869-2001)
    Finance Ministry officials tried to boost confidence in recovery.
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    JMdict
    historical term Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
  3. 3
    JMnedict
    (former) Ministry of Finance
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
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    JMdict
    historical term peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947);nobility;aristocracy
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    Wikipedia
    The Kazoku (華族, literally "Magnificent/Exalted lineage") was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. More
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Heiban (平板型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    commoner;plebeian
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    historical term commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
  3. 3
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    Heimin
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Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
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    family of samurai lineage;person with samurai ancestors
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    historical term shizoku;the second of three official classes in Japan in 1869-1947, consisting of former samurai
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    Wikipedia
    The Shizoku (士族 Shizoku, lit. More
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Meaning English · JMdict
  1. 1
    historical term top-ranking judge (in the ritsuryō system)
  2. 2
    historical term chief justice (1869-1875)
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Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    Ministry of Justice (1869-1871)
  2. 2
    JMdict
    Ministry of Justice (under the ritsuryō system)
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    Wikipedia
    The Ministry of Justice (pre-modern) (刑部省 Gyōbu-shō) was a division of the eighth century Japanese government of the Imperial Court in Kyoto, instituted in t... More
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Meaning
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    Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871)
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    JMdict
    Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryō system)
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    Wikipedia
    The Minbu-shō or Mimbu-shō (Japanese: 民部省, "Ministry of Popular Affairs") may refer to: 1. More
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Nakadaka (中高型)
Meaning English · JMdict
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    historical term governor of a feudal domain (1869-1871)
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Meaning English · JMdict
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    historical term initial Meiji-era legislative body (1869-1873)
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Meaning English · JMdict
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    early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)
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    JMdict
    historical term Heian-kyō;former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869
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    Heiankyō
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    Wikipedia
    Heian-kyō (平安京, literally "tranquility and peace capital") was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. More
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Meaning
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    JMdict
    historical term Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
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    Wikipedia
    The Battle of Hakodate (函館戦争 Hakodate Sensō) was fought in Japan from December 4, 1868 to June 27, 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate army,... More
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函館戦争 【はこだてせんそう】 (word containing irregular kanji usage)
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    JMdict
    historical term Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
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    Boshinsensou
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    Wikipedia
    The Boshin War (戊辰戦争 Boshin Sensō, "War of the Year of the Yang Earth Dragon"), sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution, was a civil war in Japan, fought ... More
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Meaning
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    JMdict
    work of art, literature, music, etc. name War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
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    JMnedict
    War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
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    Wikipedia
    War and Peace (pre-reform Russian: Война́ и миръ; post-reform Russian: Война́ и мир, translit. More
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Hiragana

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The rounded, flowing kana. Hiragana writes native Japanese words, grammar endings, and anything without (or alongside) kanji — it's the first script you learn. Each character stands for one syllable.

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ねこ — cat