前世紀 – vocab dash

前ぜん世せい紀き

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Meanings

Noun

1. last century; previous century

2. ancient times; old times

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ぜんせいき

Composed of

antiquity; the previous era

Noun

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

Noun

Examples1

前ぜん世せい紀きの中なか頃ごろまで日本にほんが封ほう建けん国こっ家かであったことは、よくしられている。

It is well known that up to the middle of the last century Japan was a feudal state.