『カムイの剣』は、1868年の徳川将軍時代の崩壊と、明治天皇下での日本の復興という変革期を舞台にした、一種の侍/忍者物語だ。

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『 カムイ の 剣 』 は 、 1868 年 の 徳川 将軍 時代 の 崩壊 と 、 明治天皇下 で の 日本 の 復興 という 変革期 を 舞台 に した 、 一種 の 侍 / 忍者 物語 だ 。

English Translation

Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.

Furigana

『カムイの剣(けん)』は、1868年(ねん)の徳川(とくがわ)将軍(しょうぐん)時代(じだい)の崩壊(ほうかい)と、明治天皇下(めいじてんのうか)での日本(にっぽん)の復興(ふっこう)という変革期(へんかくき)を舞台(ぶたい)にした、一種(いっしゅ)の侍(さむらい)/忍者(にんじゃ)物語(ものがたり)だ。

Romanji

Kamui no ken wa, 1868 nen no Tokugawa shōgun jidai no hōkai to, Meijitennōka de no Nippon no fukkō toiu henkakuki o butai ni shita, isshu no samurai ninja monogatari da.

Words

カムイ (カムイ)

god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

剣 (けん、つるぎ)

sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor; dart

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

将軍 (しょうぐん)

general; shogun

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

崩壊 (ほうかい)

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in; decay

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

復興 (ふっこう)

revival; renaissance; reconstruction; restoration

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

舞台 (ぶたい)

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

一種 (いっしゅ、ひとくさ)

species; kind; variety

侍 (さむらい、さぶらい)

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer

忍者 (にんじゃ)

ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.)

物語 (ものがたり)

tale; story; legend

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

剣

Readings: ケン、 つるぎ

Meanings: sabre, sword, blade, clock hand

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

徳

Reading: トク

Meanings: benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

将

Readings: ショウ、 ソウ、 まさ.に、 はた、 まさ、 ひきい.る、 もって

Meanings: leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about

軍

Readings: グン、 いくさ

Meanings: army, force, troops, war, battle

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

崩

Readings: ホウ、 くず.れる、 -くず.れ、 くず.す

Meanings: crumble, die, demolish, level

壊

Readings: カイ、 エ、 こわ.す、 こわ.れる、 やぶ.る

Meanings: demolition, break, destroy

明

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light

治

Readings: ジ、 チ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる、 なお.る、 なお.す

Meanings: reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve

天

Readings: テン、 あまつ、 あめ、 あま-

Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial

皇

Readings: コウ、 オウ

Meaning: emperor

下

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる

Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

復

Readings: フク、 また

Meanings: restore, return to, revert, resume

興

Readings: コウ、 キョウ、 おこ.る、 おこ.す

Meanings: entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure

変

Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange

革

Readings: カク、 かわ

Meanings: leather, skin, reform, become serious

期

Readings: キ、 ゴ

Meanings: period, time, date, term

舞

Readings: ブ、 ま.う、 -ま.う、 まい

Meanings: dance, flit, circle, wheel

台

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 うてな、 われ、 つかさ

Meanings: pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

種

Readings: シュ、 たね、 -ぐさ

Meanings: species, kind, class, variety, seed

侍

Readings: ジ、 シ、 さむらい、 はべ.る

Meanings: waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve

忍

Readings: ニン、 しの.ぶ、 しの.ばせる

Meanings: endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak

者

Readings: シャ、 もの

Meanings: someone, person

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

語

Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう

Meanings: word, speech, language