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Lesson 141

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17 Kanji

儒 Confucian 艦 warship 租 tariff 帥 commander 勅 imperial order 遷 transition 赦 pardon 賜 grant 謁 audience 窯 kiln 戯 frolic 婆 old woman 韻 rhyme 吟 versify 詠 recitation 琴 harp 宵 wee hours

24 Vocabulary

じゅ
儒
きょう
教
Confucianism
ぐん
軍
かん
艦
warship
そ
租
ぜい
税
taxes
そう
総
すい
帥
commander-in-chief
ちょく
勅
ご
語
imperial rescript
へん
変
せん
遷
change
おん
恩
しゃ
赦
amnesty
たまわ
賜
　
る
to be given ②to give
おん
恩
し
賜
Imperial gift
はい
拝
えつ
謁
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
よう
窯
ぎょう
業
ceramics
かま
窯
stove
ぎ
戯
きょく
曲
drama ②Chinese opera
たわむ
戯
　
れ
　
る
to be playful ②to flirt with
ろう
老
ば
婆
old woman
　
お
　
ば
　
あ
　
さ
　
ん
grandmother ②old woman
いん
韻
rhyme ②rhyme (of a Chinese character)
ぎん
吟
み
味
close examination ②investigation of a crime ③winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game) ④reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
えい
詠
たん
嘆
exclamation
こえ
声
voice ②singing (of a bird) ③voice ④sound
よ
詠
　
む
to compose (a Japanese poem) ②to recite (e.g. a poem)
こと
琴
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither) ②stringed instrument ③zheng (Chinese zither)
もっ
木
きん
琴
xylophone
よい
宵
evening