Illustration: At a castle administrative entrance during the transfer of power in 1868, a former shogunal official formally hands a large ring of storehouse keys to a representative of the new imperial government.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

維い新しん

ishin

Meiji Restoration

Alone in historical contexts, it often means the Meiji Restoration. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. しかし、維新いしん後ごは新政府しんせいふに仕つかえることはなかった。

    However, he never served the New Government after Meiji Restoration.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. これによって時代じだいが明治めいじ維新いしんへと大おおきく動うごき出だした。

    This moved the Meiji Restoration forward significantly.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 維新いしん後ごも大坂おおさかで道場どうじょうを経営けいえいした。

    After the Meiji Restoration, he continued running the dojo in Osaka.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 維新

  • 維fiber; tieOnイ
  • 新newOnシンKunあたらしい・あらた・あら-

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