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Grade 5JLPT N1

chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

9 strokes · frequency rank #780

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Common words

  1. せいきcentury1
    • He was born in the 19th century.

    • Modern philosophy has its beginnings in the 19th century.

    • This drawing dates back to the fifteenth century.

  2. にじっせいきtwentieth century2
    • In the course of the twentieth century all this changed.

    • The atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics.

    • We are living in the latter half of the twentieth century.

  3. きげんera3
    • By the year 2020, the population of our city will have doubled.

  4. きこうtraveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue4
  5. せいきまつend of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle5
    • Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.

    • The first electric calculator came into existence toward the end of the 19th century.

    • 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.

  6. きげんぜんpre-era; BC; BCE6
    • First came the Celts in 600 B.C.

    • Christ was born in 4 BC.

    • And then the Romans came in 55 B. C.

  7. デボンきDevonian period7
  8. こうきlaw and order; (official) discipline8
  9. ふうきpublic morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior9
    • Public morals have been corrupted in this town.

  10. ぜんせいきlast century; previous century10
    • It is well known that up to the middle of the last century Japan was a feudal state.

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