新撰組

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
新 撰 組
しん
Grade: 2 		せん
Jinmeiyō 		くみ > ぐみ
Grade: 2
kan'on kun'yomi

Noun

新(しん)撰(せん)組(ぐみ) • (Shinsengumi) 

  1. alternative spelling of 新選組 (Shinsengumi): a special police force organized by the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period
    • 2000 April 19 , Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)五(ご)十(じゅう)五(ご)幕(まく)　「大(おお)久(く)保(ぼ)利(とし)通(みち)の依(い)頼(らい)」 ”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— , 24th edition, volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 165:
      狼(おおかみ)は狼(おおかみ)　新(しん)撰(せん)組(ぐみ)は新(しん)撰(せん)組(ぐみ)　そして　人(ひと)斬(き)りは人(ひと)斬(き)り　なあ　抜(ばっ)刀(とう)斎(さい)
      Ōkami wa ōkami. Shinsengumi wa Shinsengumi. Soshite, hitokiri wa hitokiri. Nā, Battōsai?
      Once a wolf, always a wolf. Once Shinsengumi, always Shinsengumi. And once a manslayer, always a manslayer. Ain’t that right, Battōsai?
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