記き念ねん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memory; honoring the memory of
I think it's a bit much to go out of one's way to make it a commemoration.
Noun
2. memento; souvenir; keepsake
If you liked it that much, let me give you this as a memento.
Kanji used
regularly record
a sense of
Pitch accent
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ねん
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Composed of
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
taking a commemorative photo
souvenir; memento
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
souvenir; memento
commemoration meeting
taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing
special issue stamp
commemorative medal
memorial lecture; commemorative speech
monument; memorial statue
National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)
commemorative stamp; cachet
collection of essays contributed in celebration of something; festschrift
commemorative publication
commemorative publication
Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70
commemorative coin; memorial coin
Examples (15 in total)
Why don't you take it home as a memento?
You should keep it as a memento.
There was a parade to mark the occasion.