Illustration: On a wooded Japanese hillside, a child crouches beside a small spring bubbling directly from a cleft beneath tree roots. The fresh water gathers into a narrow runnel that can be followed downhill, joining a broader stream beyond the child's parent.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

起き源げん

kigen

origin

Example sentences

生命せいめいの起源きげんについては数多かずおおくの学説がくせつがある。
There are many theories about the origin of life.
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彼かれはアメリカのジャズの起源きげんを研究けんきゅうしている。
He is studying the origin of jazz in America.
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彼かれは生命せいめいの起源きげんにまで説とき及およんだ。
He even referred to the origin of life.
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Kanji in 起源

起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす
源source; originOnゲンKunみなもと

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