N3436/1669

都みやこ

nounnoun (generic)

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みやこ

Meanings

  • capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital), seat of government
  • capital (of music, fashion, etc.), city (e.g. of light)
  • location of the Imperial Palace

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京都きょうとはかつて日本にほんの都みやこでした。

Kyoto was once the capital of Japan.

奈良ならは古ふるい都みやことして知しられています。

Nara is known as an ancient capital.

パリはファッションの都みやこと呼よばれている。

Paris is called the capital of fashion.

この街まちはかつて文化ぶんかの都みやことして栄さかえていた。

This city once flourished as a cultural capital.

都みやこを離はなれた武士ぶしは故郷こきょうを懐なつかしんだ。

The samurai who left the capital longed for their hometown.

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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