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国立公文書館 (こくりつこうぶんしょかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

国こく立りつ公こう文ぶん書しょ館かん

Meanings

1

noun

National Archives of Japan

organization name

Official name of the national archival institution of Japan.

国こく立りつ公こう文ぶん書しょ館かんで明めい治じ時じ代だいの公こう文ぶん書しょを閲えつ覧らんした。
I viewed Meiji-era official documents at the National Archives of Japan.

Kanji

国country
立stand up, rise, set up
公public, prince, official
文

sentence, literature, style

書write

館building, mansion, large building

Etymology

Compound of 国立 (national), 公文 (official document), and 書館 (archives/library).