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世紀末

Reading

Kana: せいきまつ
Romaji: seikimatsu
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Definition

1

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siecle

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Reading: 
Meanings: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
Readings: マツ、 バツ、 すえ
Meanings: end, close, tip, powder, posterity

Example Sentences

最初(さいしょ)電気(でんき)計算器(けいさんき)は19世紀末(せいきまつ)出現(しゅつげん)した。
➥The first electric calculator came into existence toward the end of the 19th century.
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19世紀末(せいきまつ)でも、イギリス海軍(かいぐん)船員(せんいん)は、そうすることが(よわ)さの(しるし)だという理由(りゆう)で、ナイフとフォークを使(つか)うことを(ゆる)されていなかった。
➥Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness.
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19世紀末(せいきまつ)になって(はじ)めて植物(しょくぶつ)品種(ひんしゅ)改良(かいりょう)科学(かがく)(いち)分野(ぶんや)となった。
➥Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.
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