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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

紀き元げん

kigen

Common Era, AD

Often used with 前 or 後 when dating historical events. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. フォークが食事用しょくじようとして一般いっぱんに使つかわれ始はじめたのは、紀元きげん後ご10世紀せいきのことであった。

    The general use of forks for eating started in the tenth century A.D.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 紀元きげん前後ぜんごには100前後ぜんごの「国くに」が中国ちゅうごくと通交つうこうしていたとされる。

    Apparently, around the beginning of the first century, around a hundred nations had relationships with China.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 中国ちゅうごくにおいて紀元きげん1世紀頃せいきごろに伝つたえられた仏教ぶっきょうは、原始仏教げんしぶっきょうの忠実ちゅうじつな継承けいしょうにこだわることなく、戒律かいりつや教義解釈きょうぎかいしゃくなどで独自どくじの発展はってんを遂とげた。

    The Buddhism which was introduced to China around the first century A.D. developed independently in the aspects of religious precept and interpretation of dharma without regard to a literal succession of original Buddhism.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 紀元

  • 紀chronicle; accountOnキ
  • 元beginning; former timeOnゲン・ガンKunもと

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