Word details
記念
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 記念.
Dictionary
Entry
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.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
記
scribe, account, narrative
10 strokesFrequency 149JLPT N2Grade 2
On
キ
Kun
しる.す
Nanori
のり
念
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
8 strokesFrequency 390JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ネン
紀
chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
9 strokesFrequency 780JLPT N1Grade 5
On
キ
Nanori
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