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紀元

Reading

Kana: きげん
Romaji: kigen
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

era

2

AD (Christian era)

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
Readings: ゲン、 ガン、 もと
Meanings: beginning, former time, origin

Example Sentences

キリストは紀元前(きげんぜん)(ねん)()まれた。
➥Christ was born in 4BC.
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紀元(きげん)2020(ねん)までには、この()人口(じんこう)倍増(ばいぞう)しているだろう。
➥By the year 2020, the population of our city will have doubled.
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(もっと)(ふる)中国(ちゅうごく)のはしの(なか)には、紀元前(きげんぜん)1200(ねん)にもさかのぼるものもある。
➥Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.
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それから、紀元前(きげんぜん)55(ねん)にはローマ(じん)()ました。
➥And then the Romans came in 55 B. C.
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まずやって()たのはケルト(ぞく)で、紀元前(きげんぜん)600(ねん)のことでした。
➥First came the Celts in 600 B. C.
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フォークが食事用(しょくじよう)として一般(いっぱん)使(つか)われ(はじ)めたのは、紀元後(きげんご)10世紀(せいき)のことであった。
➥The general use of forks for eating started in the tenth century A.D.
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