世せい紀き
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Meanings
Noun
1. century
2. era
No-adjective
3. of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
せいき
Used in vocabulary
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
今こん世せい紀き
this century
Noun
四し半はん世せい紀き
quarter of a century
Noun
半はん世せい紀き
half century
Noun
新しん世せい紀き世せ代だい
millennials; millennial generation
Noun
Examples60
He was born in the 19th century.
The twenty-first century begins in 2001.
2001 is the year when the 21st century begins.
His works will endure for centuries.
The 21st century belongs to Asia.
This church dates from the 12th century.