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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

紀き元げん前ぜん

kigenzen

BCE, BC

Example sentences

  1. それから、紀元前きげんぜん５５年ねんにはローマ人じんが来きました。

    And then the Romans came in 55 B. C.

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  2. まずやって来きたのはケルト族ぞくで、紀元前きげんぜん６００年ねんのことでした。

    First came the Celts in 600 B.C.

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  3. 最もっとも古ふるい中国ちゅうごくの箸はしの中なかには、紀元前きげんぜん1200年ねんにもさかのぼるものもある。

    Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.

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Kanji in 紀元前

  • 紀chronicle; accountOnキ
  • 元beginning; former timeOnゲン・ガンKunもと
  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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