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百人一首

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 百人一首.

Dictionary

Entry

百人一首ゃくにんいっしゅNounFreq #52708
1

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets

2

hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hundred

6 strokesFrequency 163JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ヒャクビャク

Kun

もも

Nanori

どうなりひゃっひゅくもんどゆう

person

2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジンニン

Kun

ひと-り-と

Nanori

ひこふみ

one, one radical (no.1)

1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1

On

イチイツ

Kun

ひと-ひと.つ

Nanori

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

neck, counter for songs and poems

9 strokesFrequency 98JLPT N3Grade 2

On

シュ

Kun

くび

Nanori

おびとこべ

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