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JLPT N1
Grade 5

Meanings

chronicle
account
narrative
history
annals
geologic period

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
おさむ
ただす
とし
とも
のり
もと

Common Words

ねん
紀念
Noun
Freq #5515
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memory; honoring the memory of

Examples
今日の式典は、わが校の100周年を記念するものです。
Today's ceremony marks the 100th anniversary of our school.
2

memento; souvenir; keepsake

Examples
アメリカ旅行のよい記念になります。
This will be a good souvenir of my trip around the United States.
いき
Freq #5864
1

Common noun

century

Examples
彼は19世紀に生まれた。
He was born in the 19th century.
2

Common noun

era

3

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

うき
Noun
Freq #11552
1

public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior

Examples
この町の風紀は乱れている。
Public morals have been corrupted in this town.
りつ
紀律
Noun
Freq #14614
1

order; observance; discipline

Examples
この学校は規律がやや緩やかだ。
Discipline is rather mild at this school.
2

rules; law; regulations

Examples
生徒の中には規律を守るのが大変なものもいる。
Some pupils find it difficult to follow the rules.
Noun
Freq #19923
1

Noun, used as a suffix; Geology

period

2

Abbreviation

Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan

3

Abbreviation; Historical term

Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

1世紀
っせいき
Noun
Freq #25961
1

century

Examples
1世紀は100年です。
A century is one hundred years.
いきまつ
Noun
Freq #27337
1

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

Examples
19世紀末になって初めて植物の品種改良は科学の一分野となった。
Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.
2

end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

んせいき
Noun
Freq #28260
1

half century

げんぜ
Adverb
Noun
Freq #34104
1

pre-era; BC; BCE

Examples
まずやって来たのはケルト族で、紀元前600年のことでした。
First came the Celts in 600 B.C.
20世紀
じっせいき
じゅっせいき
Noun
Freq #37858
1

twentieth century

Examples
20世紀の間に、こうしたことすべてが変わった。
In the course of the twentieth century all this changed.
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