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げんじ
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Meanings
Noun
1. Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
2. the Minamoto family
Other spellings
源げん氏じ
Kanji in other spellings
源source氏family name
Pitch accent
げんじ
Used in vocabulary
源げん氏じ物もの語がたり
The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)
Noun
源げん氏じ名な
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
Noun
げんじぼたる
Genji firefly (Nipponoluciola cruciata)
Noun
源げん氏じ星ぼし
Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis; Beta Ori; Genji star
Noun
源げん氏じ絵え
genji-e; ukiyo-e depicting scenes from The Tale of Genji
Noun
源げん氏じ香こう
Genjikō; incense-comparing game with each of the 52 patterns named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji
Noun
源げん氏じ豆まめ
sugar-coated soybeans
Noun
Examples1
Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family.