世せい紀き
Meanings
Noun
1. century
It is an era more than fifteen hundred years in the future, counting from the twenty-third century.
2. era
Adjective (の)
3. of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
And now, at last, the showdown of the century begins!
Kanji used
world
era
Pitch accent
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いき
Top 6500
Composed of
counter for generations; epoch
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
last century; previous century; ancient times; old times
Examples (32 in total)
The 19th century saw the Industrial Revolution.
Were you born in the 20th century or in the 21st?
This church dates from the 12th century.
This house was built in the 16th century.
Modern philosophy has its beginnings in the 19th century.
Much of London was destroyed in the seventeenth century.
The fine arts flourished in Italy in the 15th century.
Tennis began in France in the thirteenth century.
This oil painting dates from the 17th century.
During the 19th century, many inventions were developed.
Wristwatches didn't appear until the nineteenth century.
That match was called the fight of the century.
This temple dates from the 7th century.
In the 19th century, the number of immigrants increased rapidly.
This custom dates back to the 12th century.
It is said that the castle dates back to the 11th century.
His works will endure for centuries.
You guys, what do you think of when you hear the fifteenth century?
I wonder how many people born in the 19th century are still alive.
And now, at last, the showdown of the century begins!
The town lay buried for centuries.
The wedding will be held in a 17th century church.
The first prohibition of slavery was in the mid-nineteenth century.
At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.
The Ghost of Cock Lane is an English ghost story from the 18th century.
We're going to the party in eighteenth century costumes.
The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.
Scientific knowledge has greatly advanced since the 16th century.
In the nineteenth century, many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.
He studied the scientists considered to be the most significant of the 19th century.
Prophets have been forecasting the end of the world for centuries.
It is an era more than fifteen hundred years in the future, counting from the twenty-third century.