Illustration: Inside a Japanese local-history museum, a grandmother and grandchild explore one continuous display of twentieth-century household life. At one end are a wind-up gramophone and an early electric lamp; farther along stand a valve radio, a rotary telephone, and a small rounded television.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

二に十じっ世せい紀き

nijisseiki

twentieth century

Also read にじゅっせいき. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは二十世紀にじっせいき最高さいこうのピアニストだと言いって差さし支つかえないでしょう。

    It may safely be said that he is the greatest pianist of the twentieth century.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 月つきから見みた地球ちきゅう、それは二十世紀にじっせいきの象徴的しょうちょうてきな「絵え」の一ひとつである。

    The view of the Earth from the Moon is one of the iconic images of the 20th century.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. アフガニスタンとイランは共ともに、二十世紀にじっせいきを通つうじて何度なんどか国歌こっかを変かえた。

    Afghanistan and Iran both changed their national anthems several times in the course of the 20th century.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 二十世紀

  • 二twoOnニ・ジKunふた・ふたつ・ふたたび
  • 十tenOnジュウ・ジッ・ジュッKunとお・と・そ
  • 世generation; worldOnセイ・セ・ソウKunよ
  • 紀chronicle; accountOnキ

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