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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
世
world
紀
era
Pitch accent
せ
いき
Top 6500
Used in: 1553
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
half century
last century; previous century; ancient times; old times
this century
quarter of a century
new century
next century
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.
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