紀 – vocab dash

Keyword

era

chronicle
account
narrative
history
annals
geologic period

Frequency: #780
Strokes: 9
Grade: 5
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1454

Readings

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Mnemonic

Thread wound around oneself, ring after ring, grows thick as a ball, and every ring marks the passing of an era.

Stroke order

Composed of

糸thread 己oneself

Used in vocabulary

世せい紀き

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

Noun

二に十じっ世せい紀き

twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear

Noun

世せい紀き末まつ

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

Noun

デボン紀き

Devonian period

Noun

綱こう紀き粛しゅく正せい

enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

Noun

紀き行こう

traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue

Noun

前ぜん世せい紀き

last century; previous century; ancient times; old times

Noun

紀き元げん前ぜん

pre-era; BC; BCE

Noun

紀き

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

Noun

第だい三さん紀き

Tertiary period

Noun

白はく亜あ紀き

Cretaceous period

Noun

風ふう紀き

public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior

Noun

紀き元げん

era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)

Noun

今こん世せい紀き

this century

Noun

日本にほん書しょ紀き

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

Noun

紀き伊い

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

Noun

綱こう紀き

law and order; (official) discipline

Noun

四し半はん世せい紀き

quarter of a century

Noun

紀伊國屋きのくにや

Kinokuniya; Kinokuniya (book store chain)

Noun

紀き要よう

bulletin; memoirs

Noun

記き紀き

the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki (earliest historical records of Japan)

Noun

ジュラ紀き

Jurassic (period)

Noun

皇こう紀き

Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jimmu's reign in 660 BCE

Noun

実じっ紀き

true account; authentic record; history

Noun