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Readings

On'yomi 音読み
カイ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
さきがけかしら

Example sentences 3

尊王攘夷の念が強く、北野天満宮に「雪霜に色よく花の魁て散りても後に匂う梅が香」という句を記した額を献じた。

He had a strong desire to carry out Sonno-joi, and presented a frame to Kitano Temman-gu Shrine, in which the poem "Before snow and frost melt, colorful flowers are in bloom, and the scent of plumb blossoms remain even after they fall" was written.

ぬッとはいってきた魁偉の男、工匠袴をはいた鼻かけ卜斎である。

春の魁となるくらいなら、おれみたいに敵を怖ろしがらぬ勇気がなければならない。

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