Trees, buildings & history

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#1

Meaning

pine tree

Components

Example words
まつばやし

pine forest

かどまつ

New Year pine decoration

#2

Meaning

state, -like, so

Components

Example words
ぜん

nature

ぜんぜん

(not) at all

てんねん

natural, native

#3

Meaning

warehouse, storehouse

Components

Example words
こめぐら

rice granary

そう

warehouse

こめぐら

rice granary

#4

Meaning

broad, extensive; doctorate

Components

Example words
はくぶつかん

museum

はか

doctorate; learned person

はくがく

erudition, wide learning

#5

Meaning

group, flock, crowd

Components

Example words

flock, herd, crowd

たいぐん

large swarm, big crowd

ぎょぐん

school of fish

#6

Meaning

well

Components

Example words

a well

てんじょう

ceiling

ふく

Fukui (prefecture)

#7

Meaning

castle

Components

Example words
じょうまち

castle town

しろ

castle (polite)

Practice

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