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紀元前
きげんぜん
adverb
Meanings
1
pre-era
2
BC
3
BCE
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Kanji in this word
紀
Chronicle, Account, Narrative
9 strokes
元
Beginning, Former Time, Origin
4 strokes
前
In Front, Before
9 strokes
More words with
紀
世紀
せいき ·
century
N3
二十世紀
にじっせいき ·
twentieth century
デボン紀
デボンき ·
Devonian period
世紀末
せいきまつ ·
end of a century (esp. 19th)
紀元
きげん ·
era
紀行
きこう ·
traveller's journal
紀伊半島
きいはんとう ·
Kii Peninsula
２１世紀
にじゅういっせいき ·
21st century
More words with
元
地元
じもと ·
local
N1
元気
げんき ·
health(y)
N5
元首
げんしゅ ·
ruler
N1
元
もと ·
origin
N3
身元
みもと ·
(one's) identity
元日
がんじつ ·
New Year's Day
N2
足元
あしもと ·
at one's feet
N2
手元
てもと ·
(money) on hand or at home
N1
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