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起源

起原

Reading

Kana: きげん
Romaji: kigen
Kana
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Definition

1

origin; beginning; rise

Kanji

Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up
Readings: ゲン、 みなもと
Meanings: source, origin
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

Example Sentences

仏教(ぶっきょう)はインドに起源(きげん)(はっ)した。
➥Buddhism had its beginnings in India.
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(かれ)生命(せいめい)起源(きげん)にまでとき(およ)んだ。
➥He even referred to the origin of life.
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この(かたり)もまたフランス()起源(きげん)である。
➥This word is also French in origin.
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(かれ)生命(せいめい)起源(きげん)までとき(およ)んだ。
➥He even referred to the origin of life.
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ダーウィンは「(たね)起源(きげん)」を()いた。
➥Darwin wrote "the Origin of Species".
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議会(ぎかい)は14世紀(せいき)英国(えいこく)にその起源(きげん)がある。
➥Parliament has its beginnings in 14th-century England.
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