Illustration: At a local history museum, a grandparent and child examine a large old photograph of their neighborhood displayed beside a window. The photograph shows a stone bridge, low wooden shops, and a street without modern vehicles.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

歴れき史し

rekishi

history

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは地理ちりより歴史れきしが好すきだ。

    I prefer history to geography.

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  2. 私わたしは歴史れきしに興味きょうみがある。

    I’m interested in history.

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  3. 歴史れきしは繰くり返かえす。

    History repeats itself.

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Kanji in 歴史

  • 歴curriculum; continuationOnレキ・レッキ
  • 史history; chronicleOnシ

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