紀
紀

chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

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記念きねん紀念NounFreq #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.
世紀せいき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)

風紀ふうきNounFreq #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.
規律きりつ紀律NounFreq #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.
紀きNounFreq #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)

一世紀１世紀いっせいきNounFreq #25961
1

century

Examples
１世紀は１００年です。
A century is one hundred years.
世紀末せいきまつNounFreq #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

半世紀はんせいきNounFreq #28260
1

half century

紀元前きげんぜんNounAdverbFreq #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.
二十世紀２０世紀にじっせいきにじゅっせいきNounFreq #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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