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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

遊ゆう牧ぼく

yuuboku

nomadic herding

Example sentences

  1. 唐とうの時代じだいには中華帝国ちゅうかていこくの皇帝こうていは北方ほっぽう遊牧ゆうぼく民族みんぞくの諸国しょこくに対たいしても「大可汗だいかかん」として君臨くんりんした。

    In the Tang dynasty era, the emperor of the Chinese Empire ruled the states of northern nomads as "Great Khan."

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

  2. アレキサンダーはこの戦たたかいでマケドニア王国領土おうこくりょうどをアジアの一部いちぶにまで伸のばすが、それでも遊牧ゆうぼく国家こっかの中心部ちゅうしんぶを攻略こうりゃくする事ことは叶かなわなかった。

    Alexander the Great expanded the territory of Macedonia into Asia, but even so he was not able to capture the central part of the nomadic nation.

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

  3. テングリは今日こんにちにおいてはカムチャツカ半島はんとうからマルマラ海かいにまで遊牧ゆうぼく民族みんぞくの信仰生活しんこうせいかつに密接みっせつにかかわっている。

    Today, Tengri remains closely connected to the religious lives of nomadic peoples from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Sea of Marmara.

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

Kanji in 遊牧

  • 遊playOnユウ・ユKunあそぶ・あそばす
  • 牧breed; care forOnボクKunまき

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